French Hacker Arrested After Bragging on TV !

The hacker appeared on the France 2 television programme “Complément d’enquête” (Further investigation) where he claimed to have hacked into computers belonging to the French Army and Thales Group, an IT contractor for the aerospace, defense and security industries.
After the programme aired, the company filed a complaint, claiming the hacker stole confidential information from its internal network.
The man, identified in only as Carl, was arrested on April 7 in Paris. When inspecting his computer, police found the details of hundreds of credit cards and bank accounts.
The hacker admitted selling the information on underground websites, as well as using them to make fraudulent purchases for himself and others.