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20-year-old jailed for Call of Duty hack that was really a virus

A 20-year-old man has been jailed for 18 months after making thousands of pounds by distributing a Call of Duty hack that was really a virus. Lewys Martin, of Deal, Kent, hid a Trojan horse virus inside a Call of Duty hack he pushed out on the internet, according to a report by Kent Online. He was able to monitor users’ keystrokes to obtain bank and credit card details, passwords and codes, which he sold for between $1 and $5 a pop through a website. He kept his profits in an offshore account in Costa Rica. Read more…