Cosmo, the Hacker ‘God’ Who Fell to Earth

[Ink]

Cosmo is huge — 6 foot 7 and 220 pounds the last time he was weighed, at a detention facility in Long Beach, California on June 26. And yet he’s getting bigger, because Cosmo — also known as Cosmo the God, the social-engineering mastermind who weaseled his way past security systems at Amazon, Apple, AT&T, PayPal, AOL, Netflix, Network Solutions, and Microsoft — is just 15 years old.

He turns 16 next March, and he may very well do so inside a prison cell.

Cosmo was arrested along with dozens of others in a recent multi-state FBI sting targeting credit card fraud. It is the day before his court date, but he doesn’t know which task force is investigating him or the name of his public defender. He doesn’t even know what he’s been charged with. It’s tough to narrow it down; he freely admits to participation in a wide array of crimes.

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[Ink]

It's worth reading the full article. Interesting to say the least.

 

[HeffeD]

Very interesting read, thanks!

 

[InternetChicken]

Interesting and well worth the read , A lifetime's worth of crime @ 15 years old

 

[Ink]

Video relating to article and how I found it.

 

[Deleted member 178]

he is young, has a lot of potential, he will serve the secret services of his country for cyber-warfare very well in exchange for immunity...

 

[MrXidus]

They won't let talent this great go to waste behind prison bars, As Umbra said, You can very much bet he'll be used as a cyber-warfare tool (for some important government service/related department) and because he is so young, They will use him for a long time.

Reminds me how the LulzSec founder got caught and then worked for the FBI to get 6 months taken off his jail time.

 

[InternetChicken]

Cosmo would most likely be put to work for government now,
talent like that wont go to waist ,

 

[Dashke]

Hmm, interesting...