A 28-year-old man accused of hacking into a computer parking system and making a gain for himself and others has become the first person to be charged under new anti-computer-crime legislation. The two charges were among a total of nine offences with which Mr Young was charged on Monday at Cork District Court by officers from the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau. Mr Young was also charged with five counts of dishonestly obtaining parking credit, totalling €270, between May 28th, 2018, and August 17th, 2018, contrary to section 4 of the same legislation. A third accused, Conor Lydon (27), of Rineen, Cork Road, Carrigaline, Co Cork, was also charged with five counts of dishonestly obtaining parking credit, totalling €194. Sgt Pat Lyons said the DPP had directed that Mr Young should be tried on indictment before a judge and jury at circuit court level but gardaí had no objection to Mr Young being remanded on bail.

Source: The Irish Times February 08, 2021 17:07 UTC