Nuclear aircraft carrier hacker pleads guilty

The leader of a gang of who attacked 24 websites in search of personally identifiable information – the bread and butter of ID theft – from the unlikely confines of an aircraft carrier – has pleaded guilty, according to Ars Technica.

The Verge reports that the 27-year old former system administrator turned nuclear aircraft carrier hacker now faces five years in jail and a $250,000 fine. Nicholas Knight and co-defendant Daniel Kreuger were system administrators in the nuclear reactor department.

Nuclear aircraft carrier hacker pleads guilty