French computer hacker jailed in US


Raoult, 22, was arrested in Morocco in May 2022 and extradited to the United States eight months later. — Image by Freepik

LOS ANGELES: A computer hacker who was part of a criminal gang that stole data from hundreds of millions of people and sold it on the dark web was jailed in the United States on Jan 9.

Frenchman Sebastien Raoult created fake login pages as part of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which were used to raid the personal and financial information of unsuspecting users.

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