Kurdish rebel hacker faces up to 10 years in jail

Authorities in Turkey are seeking a ten year jail sentence for a man who has admitted he was a hacker working for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), and is alleged to have planted spyware on x-rated websites.

According to media reports from the country, prosecutors are seeking the lengthy sentence on charges of “consciously and willingly aiding a terrorist organisation.”

A computer belonging to the man, who has only been identified by the initials “R Ç”, was found to contain classified information belonging to Turkish General Staff (which oversees the armed forces in the country) and institutions including the General Staff and Turkey’s intelligence agency, Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT).

It has been claimed that the hacker stole confidential information belonging to the General Staff, MIT and other institutions through malware he…

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