Daniel Kelley
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Hacker
Born1997 (age 24–25)
NationalityBritish
OccupationHacker

Daniel Kelley (born 1997 in Llanelli, South Wales) is a British computer hacker who, at the age of 16, hacked computer systems around the world over a period of years as part of a multi-million pound cybercrime spree. He would come to be described as a "prolific, skilled and cynical cyber-criminal" responsible for hacking and blackmail, who targeted companies all over the world.[1][2][3]

Since his offending, Kelley has gone on to engage in extensive bug bounty and responsible disclosure. He has collaborated closely with CIRT teams, system administrators, website developers, and government agencies to ensure the remediation of over 3,000 web-application vulnerabilities.[4][5]

Biography

Kelley was able to break into the secure systems using an £800 computer he bought in his home town Llanelli, Wales.[6][7]

He was tracked down after being the target of 3 different police operations, Operation Purple Obsidian, Operation Falcon and Operation Belanos and was subsequently arrested. Kelley was arrested when agents from the Metropolitan Police, National Crime Agency and officers from the local Dyfed Powys Police turned up at the door of his home.[8][9][10]

In December 2016, the 22-year old at the time of his trial, pleaded guilty to 11 charges in total, including hacking with intent, six counts of blackmail, encouraging hacking, offering to supply data in connection with fraud, and possession of material for fraud.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "A former hacker wants to stop others like him. The law won't allow him". euronews. 2022-08-21. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  2. ^ "TalkTalk hacker Daniel Kelley sentenced to four years". BBC News. 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  3. ^ Howard, L. S. (2019-06-12). "British Hacker Gets 4 Years in Jail for TalkTalk Data Breach". Insurance Journal. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  4. ^ "Talk Talk hacker warned he faces jail". The Independent. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  5. ^ "TalkTalk hacker caused problems for critically ill patients when he hacked college". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  6. ^ Reporters, Telegraph (2019-06-10). "TalkTalk hacker who blackmailed executives in £77million cyber attack is jailed". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  7. ^ "TalkTalk hacker's blackmail case dropped". The Ghana Guardian News. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  8. ^ "Daniel E. Kelley". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  9. ^ "Teenager who hacked TalkTalk let off with rehabilitation order". Financial Times. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  10. ^ Karim, Fariha. "TalkTalk hacker Daniel Kelley was a college reject". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  11. ^ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-11-01. ((cite web)): Cite uses generic title (help)
  12. ^ "TalkTalk hit with record £400k fine over cyber-attack". the Guardian. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
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