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UK man faces five charges for repeated Facebook hacks
« on: August 19, 2011, 12:42:58 AM »
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Phabricator penetrated

By Dan Goodin in San FranciscoGet more from this author
Posted in Crime, 18th August 2011 17:37 GMT

A 25-year-old UK man has been charged with five counts of illegal hacking for repeatedly penetrating the security defenses of Facebook.

Glenn Steven Mangham of York was accused of engaging in a hacking spree against Facebook earlier this year. From April 27 to May 9, he allegedly targeted at least three different services used by the social network. According to The Telegraph, the services included a Facebook “puzzle server,” a “mailman” server and a restricted part of a “Facebook Phabricator server."

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