Metropolitan Police hack blamed on gang of teenage cyber-vandals

Last Friday, hackers cracked into the Metropolitan Police Twitter account and published a number of outrageous tweets including the message: ‘F**K THE POLICE FREE DA GANG.’ Now the attack has been blamed on a shadowy hacking gang centred around an infamous anonymous cyber-vandal known only by the pseudonym Cal or his Twitter handle @Cal086, who is believed to be in his late teens or early 20s and live in the US.

Some members of his hacking ‘crew’ are so young they are still high school kids.

Falanx Group Ltd (LON:FLX), through its subsidiaries, provides cyber defence and intelligence services to blue chip and government clients worldwide. It operates through Falanx Cyber Defence and Falanx Intelligence divisions. 

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