A teenager has appeared in court accused of hacking a major company and then asking for a six-figure blackmail payment.
Daniel Kelley, 19, appeared in court accused of 14 charges including blackmail, hacking and fraud
Daniel Kelley, 19, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday accused of demanding 465 Bitcoins, worth about £216,000, from internet giant TalkTalk after allegedly carrying out a cyber attack on its website in October last year to obtain customer data.
He is also accused of carrying out similar attacks and making blackmail demands in Bitcoins against companies and their workers, including cigarette lighter manufacturer Zippo and an educational business in Queensland, Australia, in 2015.
Kelley, of Heol Dinbych in Llanelli, faces 14 charges - eight of blackmail, four computer hacking offences and two fraud offences.
In total, he is accused of trying to obtain 593 Bitcoins worth about £276,300.
The court heard he was arrested in November last year and charged by Scotland Yard detectives on Monday.
He entered no pleas in court on Tuesday and was released on conditional bail to appear at the Old Bailey on October 10.
see-http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/teenager-wales-accused-hacking-talktalk-11944607
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