Alleged Navy Hacker Says His Group Just ‘Did Dumb Things’
From: ABC News
By ALEXANDER TUCCIARONE
The former Navy sailor accused of leading a group of hackers that targeted U.S. government and private websites said today that he and his associates were “just a group of people that were dumb and did dumb things.”
“Essentially I am in trouble for posting all of the stuff on Twitter,” Knight told ABC News by email in his first interview. “Although a lot of people are saying I was the leader of some crime organizations that was out to get people which wasn’t true. Just a group of people that were dumb and did dumb things.”
In criminal information filed Monday, prosecutors allege that while Knight served in the Navy as a systems administrator in the nuclear reactor department of the USS Harry S. Truman, he was also leading a double life as a self-proclaimed “nuclear black hat” and the leader of a hacking group called Team Digi7al that stole or attempted to steal confidential or private information and post it online.
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