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Thursday, May 7, 2009

Teen hacker turns cyber crime Corporate Adviser


Owen Thor Walker skills that can help senior managers and clients understand the security threats in their network, TelstraClear spokesman Chris Mirams Customs National Radio on Wednesday.

Walker pleaded guilty last year to a range of expenses in connection with his work for an international ring that infiltrated the FBI estimated 1.3 million computers and skimmed bank or damaged computer systems, amounting to more than 20 million U.S. dollars.

He was 18 years old when he stood trial in July.

A teenage hacker from New Zealand who helped infiltrate a crime ring for more than 1 million computers worldwide and skim millions of dollars from a bank account is reconciled as cyber-Security in the second-largest telecommunications operator.
Walker tariff concessions delegates that cyber criminals are trying to achieve, and how to protect their networks against these threats, he said.

Some hackers send emails in bulk to corporate or government facilities, computer systems to overload and crash the system. Others take control of thousands of computers and their Amas center controlled clusters known as botnets.

The attacker can use computers to steal credit card information, manipulate stock crash Selling industry and computer systems.

TelstraClear is a wholly owned subsidiary of Australia's largest Telco, Telstra.

The charges against Walker - who used the Internet name "Achilles" and also wrote programs for botnet infiltration crime network - have been released and he was released without a criminal after the forfeiture of money and is paid by forfeiting his criminal group expertise.

Walker presented a series of seminars for TelstraClear, advised senior management and security personnel in the company and has participated in advertising campaigns, Mirams said.

"This is really ... just to get them to know what type of cyber threats that are there for development," said Mirams.

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