A teenager has appeared in court accused of hacking the internet company TalkTalk to obtain customer data before asking for a six-figure blackmail payment in bitcoin. Daniel Kelley, 19, appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday accused of demanding 465 bitcoins, worth about £216,000, from the company after allegedly carrying out a cyber-attack on its website in October last year. In total, he is accused of trying to obtain 593 bitcoins worth about £276,300. The court heard he was arrested in November last year and charged by Scotland Yard detectives on Monday. He did not enter a plea in court on Tuesday and was released on conditional bail to appear at the Old Bailey on 10 October.

Source: The Guardian September 27, 2016 12:01 UTC