TinKode arrested for suspected hack of NASA and Pentagon servers

Police in Romania believe that they may have apprehended the notorious hacker TinKode, who in the past has hacked into government and military websites, exposing their poor security.

The 20-year-old man, named as Razvan Manole Cernaianu, allegedly attacked Pentagon and NASA computer systems, revealed security holes, and published information about SQL injection vulnerabilities he had discovered.

The Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) has said in a statement that the alleged hacker also offered a computer program to hack into websites on his blog, and published a video showing internet attacks he had orchestrated…

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