A 15-year-old hacker gained access to a number of online portals in Italy, allowing him to alter the routes of oil tankers and other ships in the Medi

15-Year-Old Hacker Diverts Ships in Mediterranean Sea for Fun

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2025-01-21 07:30:03

A 15-year-old hacker gained access to a number of online portals in Italy, allowing him to alter the routes of oil tankers and other ships in the Mediterranean Sea.

Most hackers today have financial goals as they try to compromise companies and other organizations, steal data, and lock out employees, in order to ask for ransom. But there was a time when hackers tried to break into secure locations just to see if they could.

As it turns out, the same goes for the young adolescent from Cesena, Italy, who started his hacking journey because he wanted to change his grades. So, he started to look for ways to break into systems belonging to the Ministry of Education and Merit. According to a Corriere di Bologna report, he only wanted to change some grades from 5 to 6 (F to E).

The hacker actually managed to change his grades, but he later changed his focus to other targets. It's unclear why he chose the target he did, but he also managed to break into systems that allowed him to alter ship routes in the Mediterranean Sea.