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Barrow computer hacker tapped into school network and brought down Labour website
Bradley Kai Hayden Niblock, 22, was caught after the Cyber and Digital Crime Unit followed a pattern of online offending last year.
Preston Crown Court
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A computer hacker who brought down the Labour general election candidate's website and tapped into a school network has been given a suspended sentence.
Bradley Kai Hayden Niblock, 22, was caught after the Cyber and Digital Crime Unit followed a pattern of online offending last year.
Niblock, of Hawcoat Lane, Barrow, admitted two counts of computer misuse and one count of malicious communications and was sentenced today (June 28) at Preston Crown Court.
The judge gave Niblock an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, along with 200 hours of unpaid work and a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order.
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Niblock carried out what is known as a denial of service attack on the website for the official Labour campaign for Barrow at the December 2019 General Election.
It was orchestrated via Twitter messages sent by Niblock to arrange and coordinate the offence with others capable of conducting the attack.
On December 3 the attack started and the campaign website became unavailable and appeared offline.
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Niblock operated a Twitter profile under the guise of a hacking group, which amassed about 75,000 followers up to his arrest in March last year.
He used this platform to create the impression of having the ability to carry out online cyber-attacks.
This attracted other would-be hackers to reach out to him through this account.
To prove their abilities, they were asked to perform certain attacks by Niblock. They were asked to target the campaign website during the campaigning period.
But following investigations by the Cyber and Digital Crime Unit, Niblock was arrested in March 2020.
Niblock was found with an iPhone, which was seized. It was found to be logged into the official Twitter account of Furness Academy, for which it was not authorised to be logged onto.
Bradley Kai Hayden Niblock, 22, was caught after the Cyber and Digital Crime Unit followed a pattern of online offending last year.
Preston Crown Court
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A computer hacker who brought down the Labour general election candidate's website and tapped into a school network has been given a suspended sentence.
Bradley Kai Hayden Niblock, 22, was caught after the Cyber and Digital Crime Unit followed a pattern of online offending last year.
Niblock, of Hawcoat Lane, Barrow, admitted two counts of computer misuse and one count of malicious communications and was sentenced today (June 28) at Preston Crown Court.
The judge gave Niblock an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, along with 200 hours of unpaid work and a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order.
Read more: Family heartbreak as mum-of-three dies of blood clots after having Covid jab
Niblock carried out what is known as a denial of service attack on the website for the official Labour campaign for Barrow at the December 2019 General Election.
It was orchestrated via Twitter messages sent by Niblock to arrange and coordinate the offence with others capable of conducting the attack.
On December 3 the attack started and the campaign website became unavailable and appeared offline.
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Niblock operated a Twitter profile under the guise of a hacking group, which amassed about 75,000 followers up to his arrest in March last year.
He used this platform to create the impression of having the ability to carry out online cyber-attacks.
This attracted other would-be hackers to reach out to him through this account.
To prove their abilities, they were asked to perform certain attacks by Niblock. They were asked to target the campaign website during the campaigning period.
But following investigations by the Cyber and Digital Crime Unit, Niblock was arrested in March 2020.
Niblock was found with an iPhone, which was seized. It was found to be logged into the official Twitter account of Furness Academy, for which it was not authorised to be logged onto.
