A T-Mobile retail store in downtown Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk)
An American man living in Turkey was arrested earlier this month and is in the process of being extradited to the United States to face charges of hacking into a computer system used by T-Mobile, The Desk has learned.
John Binns, 24, was detained by Turkish authorities after a local court approved an extradition request by federal prosecutors in the U.S., according to two sources familiar with the matter.
In January, The Desk reported Binns was indicted on 12 counts related to unauthorized access to computer systems used by T-Mobile back in 2021. Then, Binns digitally poked around T-Mobile’s servers until he found a hole, and was able to exploit the security issue in order to download records connected to tens of millions of T-Mobile’s current and former wireless subscribers.
Binns acknowledged trespassing into computer networks used by T-Mobile,...
An American man living in Turkey was arrested earlier this month and is in the process of being extradited to the United States to face charges of hacking into a computer system used by T-Mobile, The Desk has learned.
John Binns, 24, was detained by Turkish authorities after a local court approved an extradition request by federal prosecutors in the U.S., according to two sources familiar with the matter.
In January, The Desk reported Binns was indicted on 12 counts related to unauthorized access to computer systems used by T-Mobile back in 2021. Then, Binns digitally poked around T-Mobile’s servers until he found a hole, and was able to exploit the security issue in order to download records connected to tens of millions of T-Mobile’s current and former wireless subscribers.
Binns acknowledged trespassing into computer networks used by T-Mobile,...
- 5/27/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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