A teenager from Oxford is accused of being part of a cyberattack on US tech company Nvidia.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is alleged by prosecutors to have used logon details to which he had ‘no lawful or permitted access’ in order to download Nvidia Corporation files between February 15 and 23.
The microchip company was targeted in an attack for which hacker collective Lapsu$ later took the credit.
He is also said to have hacked computers between July 31, 2021 and February 23 this year.
Prosecutors claim he fraudulently obtained one-time passcodes in order to obtain transfers of cash from BT and EE telephone network customers in October and November.
Appearing before North London Youth Court on Friday, the boy entered no pleas to the allegations and he was bailed to appear before Southwark Crown Court on April 29.
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