In the late 1980s, Leslie Lynne Doucette recruited dozens of teenagers into a nationwide hacking ring, orchestrating a cybercrime empire that stole over $1.6 million before the Secret Service brought her down.
Most teenage hackers abandon digital crime by age 20. Discover why adolescent cybercrime is usually a brief phase and what this means for society.
Two British teenagers, linked to the Scattered Spider group, face severe cybercrime charges after a major hack on Transport for London exposed the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure.
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