Another news story regarding child hackers. There is an NCA case study on this site that refers to similar activites and the approach the police took to dealing with the situation.
Children find many challenges fascinating and the passionate child computer user or coder, of which there are many, can find hacking the ultimate challenge.
This news story follows on from recent cyber attacks on M&S and Jaguar Landrover which investigations suggest teenagers might be involved. The story describes the recent report from The Information Commissioner's Office which reports a growing concern about teenage hackers. One observation reported by the Commissioner was that since 2022, the ICO has investigated 215 hacks and breaches originating from inside education settings and says 57% were carried out by children.
The real concern must be how long have these young people been honing their skills and when did their activities begin? Parental scrutiny of their online activities could have shown up early interests in coding or searches for information about how to go about hacking online.
The full story can be read here.
