A 15-year-old computer hacker caused a 21-day shutdown of NASA computers that support the international space station and invaded a Pentagon weapons computer system to intercept 3,300 e-mails, steal passwords, and cruise around like an employee.
The boy, known on the Internet as "c0mrade," pleaded guilty today to juvenile delinquency in a sealed federal case.
He was sentenced to six months in jail. In summary, he became the first young hacker to be incarcerated for computer crimes, the Justice Department in Washington said.