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Re:Teen hackers who live streamed cyber-attack on TfL jailed by Aurornis on Thursday July 16, 2026 @10:24AM (#48935040)
The article is reporting on what was discussed in court: Autism, suicidal tendencies, living with grandparents. These were all probably brought up as elements of the story meant to influence the verdict.

Take it up with lawyers.

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Re:Teen hackers who live streamed cyber-attack on TfL jailed by Der_Einzige on Thursday July 16, 2026 @10:46AM (#48935353)
The chris chan special.
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Re:Teen hackers who live streamed cyber-attack on TfL jailed by red-iron-pine on Thursday July 16, 2026 @04:54PM (#48940109)
yeah but these guys actually had friends and accomplished stuff.

they're terrible at OpSec, sure, but they were part of a gang and cracked systems

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