FBI Sting Catches ATM System Hacker

Author: Donald Sears
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A North Carolina grocery worker is being held without bail in Houston
on attempted computer hacking charges after inadvertently partnering
with an undercover FBI agent in an alleged citywide ATM-reprogramming
caper. Thor Alexander Morris, 19, was arrested at a Houston flea market last
month after trying a default administrative passcode on a Tranax
Mini-Bank ATM there, according to the FBI. Read the full article. [Wired]

A North Carolina grocery worker is being held without bail in Houston
on attempted computer hacking charges after inadvertently partnering
with an undercover FBI agent in an alleged citywide ATM-reprogramming
caper. Thor Alexander Morris, 19, was arrested at a Houston flea market last
month after trying a default administrative passcode on a Tranax
Mini-Bank ATM there, according to the FBI. Read the full article. [Wired]

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