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The Belgacom hack was the work of the UK GCHQ intelligence agency

Security Affairs

Many experts linked the Regin malware to the Five Eyes alliance , they found alleged references to the super spyware in a number of presentations leaked by Edward Snowden and according to malware researchers, it has been used in targeted attacks against government agencies in the EU and the Belgian telecoms company Belgacom.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

2000 — Lou Cipher — Barry Schlossberg, aka Lou Cipher, successfully extorts $1.4 2000 — Mafiaboy — 15-year-old Michael Calce, aka MafiaBoy, a Canadian high school student, unleashes a DDoS attack on several high-profile commercial websites including Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo! He is arrested and sentenced to 20 months in prison.