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Wiz Kid Hacker Now Works to Stop Botnet Menace: Hired as Cyber-Crime Expert

March 25, 2009

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  1. Topics about Crimes » Wiz Kid Hacker Now Works to Stop Botnet Menace: Hired as Cyber-Crime… on March 25th, 2009 2:28 pm

    [...] Private Officer Breaking News placed an interesting blog post on Wiz Kid Hacker Now Works to Stop Botnet Menace: Hired as Cyber-Crime…Here’s a brief overviewThe criminal charges against Walker were dismissed after he plead guilty to various computer crimes, paid a fine, turned over the money he… [...]

  2. Enterprise Anti Virus Software - CA axes 31 staff at Australian security R&D lab - Itwire.com « Enterprise Antivirus Software on March 25th, 2009 6:28 pm

    [...] Wiz Kid Hacker Now Works to Stop Botnet Menace: Hired as Cyber-Crime – Chattahbox.com(ChattahBox)—A report out today says New Zealand teen hacker, Owen Thor Walker, arrested in 2007 for writing code for an international cyber-crime botnet, now has a new gig as a cyber-crime consultant for TelstraClear, one of the largest [...]

  3. Rising From The Ashes, Owen Thor Walker « Moments In Time on March 25th, 2009 11:39 pm

    [...] a hacker Walker was known by the screen name ‘Akill.’ His program enabled the cyber-gang to use their [...]

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