Smirking Yorkshire serial hacker jailed for defacing U.S. websites

A serial hacker from South Yorkshire, England, who defaced websites belonging to companies in North America, Yemen and Israel has been jailed.

Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky, 26, from Leonards Lane, Rotherham, was arrested by specialist National Crime Agency [NCA] cybercrime officers in August 2022, who were acting on intelligence supplied by US law enforcement around the activities of extremist hacker groups ‘”Spider Team” and “Yemen Cyber Army”.

Investigators were able to link Al-Mashriky to the “Yemen Cyber Army” through social media and email accounts. Forensic analysis of his laptop and several mobile phones showed Al-Mashriky had infiltrated a number of websites including the Yemen Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Yemen Ministry of Security Media and an Israeli news outlet.

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