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Ex-US soldier who Googled 'can hacking be treason' pleads guilty to extortion (www.theregister.com)

submitted 4 days ago by lemmydev2 to c/pulse_of_truth

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File this one under what not to search if you've committed a crime A former US Army soldier, who reportedly hacked AT&T, bragged about accessing President Donald Trump's call logs, and then Googled "can hacking be treason," and "US military personnel defecting to Russia," pleaded guilty to conspiring to break into telecom firms' databases and extort at least $1 million.…

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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

He hacked AT&T and bragged about it. Did you even read the excerpt? Yea the title is dumb, but that's because it's not why he's in trouble.