17-year-old Australian suspected member of ‘Anonymous’ charged with four hacking crimes

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) executed a search warrant at the 17-year-old youth's home in Glenmore Park, New South Wales in November 2012.

The youth appeared in Parramatta Children's Court on Friday (5 April 2013) to face charges relating to unauthorised access to computer data.

The juvenile is suspected to be a member of the online issue motivated group "Anonymous" and allegedly committed serious offences on their behalf.

The AFP says that The Teenager was subsequently charged with the following offences:

• Six counts of unauthorised modification of data to cause impairment, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment;
• One count of unauthorised access with intent to commit a serious offence, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment;
• One count of possession of data with intent to commit a computer offence, which carries a maximum penalty of 3 years imprisonment; and
• Twelve counts of unauthorised access to restricted data, which carries a maximum penalty of 2 years imprisonment.

The youth is scheduled to appear again in the Parramatta Children's Court on 17 May 2013.

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