19-year-old man pleads guilty over text messaging blackmail

ABC NEWS (Australia)
ABC NEWS (Australia)
  • 2 years ago
A Sydney teenager has pleaded guilty to two charges after he admitted to misusing data from the Optus hack in a text message blackmail scam. According to court documents the 19-year-old was unemployed and saw a chance to make some money.

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