Big trouble with teen hackers

Teenagers, including children as young as eleven and twelve years old, are increasingly becoming involved in serious cyber-criminal activity that exposes themselves and the users they target to a full range of dangerous repercussions.

"Most have absolutely no idea of what getting they're into, they're swapping stolen credit card data using their real names and photos, they're committing real crimes and leaving huge paper trails back to their real identities," said Boyd, who also goes by the name "Paperghost" in conducting his underground research.

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