“Serial Hacker” Sentenced to 20 Months in UK Prison

Rotherham hacker Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky jailed for 20 months after global cyberattacks, stealing millions of logins and targeting government websites.

When police knocked on the door of a home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in August 2022, they ended a hacking spree that had stretched across North America, the Middle East and Israel. The man behind it, 26-year-old Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky, had spent months hacking into websites and collecting the personal details of millions of unsuspecting people.

Investigators say Al-Mashriky was linked by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to hacker groups known as the Spider Team and the Yemen Cyber Army. These groups are known for targeting government bodies, media outlets and public organisations while spreading political and ideological messages through cyber attacks.

A forensic examination of his seized laptop and phones revealed that Al-Mashriky hacked into the Yemen Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Yemen Ministry ...