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News Burst: Irish hack attack lands teenager in trouble

Irish 17-year-old questioned by police following serious hack attack
Written by Will Knight, Contributor

Police investigators in Ireland have questioned a teenager following a computer attack on the country's largest Internet service provider Eircom, earlier this month.

The assault was carried out on 17 August and forced Eircom to alter 30,000 of its customers' Internet dial-up and email account passwords.

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