The\nVerge. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe former Security Officer obtained access to a Microsoft\nserver on January 24, 2017, and then decided to upload a “web shell to\nremotely access Microsoft\u2019s network freely for at least three weeks. Clark then\nuploaded multiple shells which allowed him to search through Microsoft\u2019s\nnetwork, upload files, and download data.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zammis Clark shared access to this information through an\nInternet Relay Chat (IRC) server chatroom which enabled other hackers worldwide\nto also obtain access to Microsoft servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clark’s activities were finally discovered in June 2017 when\nhe uploaded malware on Microsoft’s system. Microsoft’s cyber team, the FBI,\nEUROPOL, and the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), have built a task\nforce to track Clark. When he was finally discovered, authorities found the\nstolen files on his home computer along with other incriminating pieces of\nevidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Taste for Cybercrime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Clark was arrested and was released on bail, however,\nshortly after returning home, he proceeded to hack into Nintendo’s internal\nnetwork in March of 2018, and gained ‘entrance’ through VPNs to\n“Nintendo’s highly confidential game development servers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nintendo apparently uses these servers to store its\ndevelopment code for unreleased games. Clark stole 2,365 usernames and\npasswords but was discovered in May of 2018 and pleaded guilty last March 28,\n2019, to “multiple accounts of computer misuse offenses in a London Crown\nCourt.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hacking spree has cost the victimized firms a sizable\namount of money. Zammis Clark’s hacking was estimated to be about $913,000 to\n$1.8 million worth of damage for Nintendo and around $2 million for Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
End of Hacking Career?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The 24-year old hacker is not new to the life of cybercrime,\nbecause this was not even the beginning of Clark’s hacking career. Back in\n2015, he was also arrested for his involvement in the Vtech data breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his trial, Zammis’ defense argued that because of his\nbeing autistic and having face blindness, he would be highly helpless to\nviolence in jail and would have “a greater risk of reoffending if\nimprisoned for his crimes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judge Alexander Milne “compared the offenses to that of\na common burglar who had entered a house, stolen goods, and altered a\nhome.” While serious, the judge deemed that Clark would be better off in a\nrehabilitation institution. Judge Milne took into consideration Clark’s parents\nsupport, as his mother decided to quit her day job to monitor his\nrehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clark was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, which was\nsuspended for 18 months, indicating that he won’t have to spend time in jail if\nhe does not commit another crime during this period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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