Kane Gamble
Kane Gamble | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 1999 (age 25) |
| Other names | Cracka |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Cybersecurity |
Kane Gamble or known online as Cracka (born October 2, 1999) is a British hacker from Coalville, Leicester, who lead a hacktivist group called Crackas With Attitude (CWA) in 2015, responsible for hacking US government networks, emails and phone accounts of several US government officials (including the US Department of Justice network, the FBI's Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal, former CIA chief John Brennan, the former director of national intelligence James Clapper, the former deputy director of the FBI Mark Giuliano and Obama's deputy national security adviser Avril Haines).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Gamble was just 15 years old at the time of the offences.[9] The court described he accessed “extremely sensitive” documents referring to operations (military and intelligence) in Iraq and Afghanistan.[10][11] Some of the information obtained were posted on Wikileaks and others websites.[12]
Gamble pleaded guilty to 10 charges and was sentenced to two years in a youth detention centre. He served his sentence at HMP Belmarsh, a notorious maximum security prison in South East London.[13]
Rehabiliation
[edit]Kane Gamble was released from imprisonment in 2019. Since his release, Gamble has taken part in Bug Bounty programs to help companies secure their websites such as T-Mobile (where he was paid the maximum bounty of $5,000)[14], Ministry of Defence, AT&T and more.
Gamble currently works in the information security sector, specifically as a Security Consultant helping businesses identify vulnerabilities in their systems.
References
[edit]- ^ "What It's Like for a Hacker to Get Back Online After a Two-Year Internet Ban". VICE. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Paganini, Pierluigi (21 April 2018). "UK Teenager Kane Gamble who hacked CIA Chief and other US Intel officials gets 2-year jail sentence". Security Affairs. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Blake, Andrew. "Kane Gamble, British hacker, admits targeting heads of CIA, FBI". The Washington Times. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Two years for teen 'cyber terrorist' who targeted US officials". 20 April 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Association, Press (20 April 2018). "Two years' detention for UK teenager who 'cyberterrorised' US officials". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "UK teen Kane Gamble gets two years for hacking CIA ex-chief – DW – 04/20/2018". dw.com. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Leicester teen tries to hack CIA and FBI chiefs' computers". 6 October 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "British teenager who 'cyber-terrorised' US intelligence officials sentenced". The Independent. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Paganini, Pierluigi (21 April 2018). "UK Teenager Kane Gamble who hacked CIA Chief and other US Intel officials gets 2-year jail sentence". Security Affairs. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "British teenager who 'cyber-terrorised' US intelligence officials sentenced". The Independent. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Two years for teen 'cyber terrorist' who targeted US officials". 20 April 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-43840075
- ^ "Two years for teen 'cyber terrorist' who targeted US officials". 20 April 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "British teen who tried to hack CIA chief finds 'critical' T-Mobile flaw exposing customer accounts". 26 June 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
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