Hacker Jailed for Creating Malware Targeting Braintree Jobcentre

A university student named Amar Tagore, aged 21, from West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, has been jailed for 21 months after creating malware that targeted government and corporate websites. Tagore earned nearly forty-five thousand pounds from selling the software and was involved in cyber attacks against a Jobcentre in Braintree, Essex. He was sentenced at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.

A university student named Amar Tagore, aged 21, from West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, has been jailed for 21 months after creating malware that targeted government and corporate websites.

Tagore's malicious software was used in cyber attacks, including distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks, against a Jobcentre in Braintree, Essex, between May and August 2022.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) alerted the authorities after discovering these repeated attacks.

Tagore earned £44,433 from selling the malware and was found guilty of a computer misuse offence and breaching proceeds of crime legislation.

He was sentenced at Dumbarton Sheriff Court and will also face confiscation action.