Teen hacker Josh Maunder who crashed KSI-Logan Paul fight site sentenced

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Teen hacker who crashed KSI-Logan Paul fight site sentenced

Josh Maunder used a virus he created aged 12 to target the server hosting a boxing match between rapper KSI and YouTube star Logan PaulA teenager who made a computer virus to target a celebrity boxing match and hundreds of financial institutions has been given a suspended sentence.

Targets included Nationwide and the server hosting a boxing match between rapper KSI and YouTube star Logan Paul.He used a program called stress.wtf, which he created when he was 12, Belfast Crown Court heard.'Online fame and kudos' Handing down the sentence to Maunders, the judge said he would "have to bear in mind you were a child when the offences were committed".Logan Paul and KSI during a boxing match at Manchester Arena

The PSNI said Maunder had caused a substantial loss to a financial company, numerous police public information websites, a human rights group and also had involvement in organising an orchestrated cyber-attack on a pay-per-view celebrity boxing event.

 

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