Facebook Hacker Jailed for 12 Months
Gareth Crosskey,a 21 year old British was jailed on Wednesday the 16th of May for hacking into a facebook account.This incident happened in Jaunuary 2011. The Facebook hacker was arrested at his home in West Sussex.
The breach was first reported to the FBI and later on,after some investigation,it was passed on to the Metropolitan Police Service's Police Central e-Crime Unit for further investigation as they noticed that the unauthorized access was from UK. The accused pleaded guilty under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Several devices were seized from his place for forensic investigation.He will be in jail for the next 12months..