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First picture of British teen accused of 'crashing global financial institutions': 18-year-old denies creating virus that hit Nationwide and server hosting KSI and Logan Paul boxing match aged 14
Josh Maunder, 18, allegedly made a computer virus that crashed global banks
Alleged hacker is also accused of holding 'credit card details contained in a file'
Server hosting rapper KSI and Logan Paul's boxing match also allegedly targeted
Maunder, of Bangor, Northern Ireland, plead not guilty to 21 charges against him
By DAVID O'DORNAN and PAUL HIGGINS FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 12:34, 29 September 2022 | UPDATED: 13:39, 29 September 2022
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Josh Maunder (pictured), 18, from Abbey Park in Bangor, Co Down in Northern Ireland, entered not guilty pleas to each of the 21 charges against him
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Josh Maunder (pictured), 18, from Abbey Park in Bangor, Co Down in Northern Ireland, entered not guilty pleas to each of the 21 charges against him
A teenager today denied creating a computer virus which allegedly 'crashed hundreds of financial institutions' across the world when he was just 14 years old.
Josh Maunder, now 18, from Abbey Park in Bangor, Co Down in Northern Ireland, entered not guilty pleas to each of the 21 charges against him.
The teen is charged with 13 counts of carrying out an unauthorised act impairing the operation of a computer, two counts each of making an article intending it to be used for computer misuse, obtaining an article to commit an offence and possessing articles in connection with fraud.
The alleged hacker also faces single counts of supplying an article to be used in computer misuse and conspiring to commit an unauthorised act with all of the offences alleged to have been committed between 1 December 2017 and 13 September 2018.
None of the facts surrounding the allegations were opened at Downpatrick Crown Court today.
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But defence counsel Conor Holmes revealed previously it is the Crown's case that essentially, Maunder 'created a computer virus, sends it across the world and crashes hundreds of financial institutions'.
Maunder is alleged to have disabled the server hosting the boxing match between rapper KSI and YouTube star Logan Paul in November 2019 in Los Angeles, California
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Maunder is alleged to have disabled the server hosting the boxing match between rapper KSI and YouTube star Logan Paul in November 2019 in Los Angeles, California
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Nationwide Building Society was among the financial institutions whose services were affected by the alleged virus attack
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Looking at the particulars of the offences, it is alleged that when Maunder was 14 and 15-years-old, he made a 'Distributed Denial of Service attack' which he sent to multiple websites and servers.
Among the alleged targets were; Nationwide Building Society, Nuclear Fall Out servers, Police.UK, Policie.CZ (police force in the Czech Republic), and the server hosting the boxing match between rapper KSI and YouTube star Logan Paul
Maunder is also accused of having a computer program intending to use it to commit an offence and with having articles for fraud including on one count, email addresses and passwords relating to PayPal accounts in the UK, USA, Germany and China while in another similar charge the teenager is alleged to have had 'credit card details contained in a file'.
Following the arraignment, Mr Holmes and prosecuting counsel David McNeill told the court there were ongoing discussions and consultations as the legal teams prepare for trial and freeing Maunder on bail, Judge Philip Gilpin adjourned the case to November 10.
Josh Maunder, 18, allegedly made a computer virus that crashed global banks
Alleged hacker is also accused of holding 'credit card details contained in a file'
Server hosting rapper KSI and Logan Paul's boxing match also allegedly targeted
Maunder, of Bangor, Northern Ireland, plead not guilty to 21 charges against him
By DAVID O'DORNAN and PAUL HIGGINS FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 12:34, 29 September 2022 | UPDATED: 13:39, 29 September 2022
Josh Maunder (pictured), 18, from Abbey Park in Bangor, Co Down in Northern Ireland, entered not guilty pleas to each of the 21 charges against him
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Josh Maunder (pictured), 18, from Abbey Park in Bangor, Co Down in Northern Ireland, entered not guilty pleas to each of the 21 charges against him
A teenager today denied creating a computer virus which allegedly 'crashed hundreds of financial institutions' across the world when he was just 14 years old.
Josh Maunder, now 18, from Abbey Park in Bangor, Co Down in Northern Ireland, entered not guilty pleas to each of the 21 charges against him.
The teen is charged with 13 counts of carrying out an unauthorised act impairing the operation of a computer, two counts each of making an article intending it to be used for computer misuse, obtaining an article to commit an offence and possessing articles in connection with fraud.
The alleged hacker also faces single counts of supplying an article to be used in computer misuse and conspiring to commit an unauthorised act with all of the offences alleged to have been committed between 1 December 2017 and 13 September 2018.
None of the facts surrounding the allegations were opened at Downpatrick Crown Court today.
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But defence counsel Conor Holmes revealed previously it is the Crown's case that essentially, Maunder 'created a computer virus, sends it across the world and crashes hundreds of financial institutions'.
Maunder is alleged to have disabled the server hosting the boxing match between rapper KSI and YouTube star Logan Paul in November 2019 in Los Angeles, California
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Maunder is alleged to have disabled the server hosting the boxing match between rapper KSI and YouTube star Logan Paul in November 2019 in Los Angeles, California
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Nationwide Building Society was among the financial institutions whose services were affected by the alleged virus attack
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Nationwide Building Society was among the financial institutions whose services were affected by the alleged virus attack
Looking at the particulars of the offences, it is alleged that when Maunder was 14 and 15-years-old, he made a 'Distributed Denial of Service attack' which he sent to multiple websites and servers.
Among the alleged targets were; Nationwide Building Society, Nuclear Fall Out servers, Police.UK, Policie.CZ (police force in the Czech Republic), and the server hosting the boxing match between rapper KSI and YouTube star Logan Paul
Maunder is also accused of having a computer program intending to use it to commit an offence and with having articles for fraud including on one count, email addresses and passwords relating to PayPal accounts in the UK, USA, Germany and China while in another similar charge the teenager is alleged to have had 'credit card details contained in a file'.
Following the arraignment, Mr Holmes and prosecuting counsel David McNeill told the court there were ongoing discussions and consultations as the legal teams prepare for trial and freeing Maunder on bail, Judge Philip Gilpin adjourned the case to November 10.
