A New York teenager broke into AOL networks and databases containing customer information and infected servers with a malicious program to transfer confidential data to his computer, AOL and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office allege. . In a complaint filed in Criminal Court of the City of New York, the DA's office alleges that between December 24, 2006 and April 7, 2007, 17-year old Mike Nieves committed offenses like computer tampering, computer trespass, and criminal possession of computer material. The link for this article located at InfoWorld is no longer available. . A California teenager reportedly breached Yahoo's servers, gaining unauthorized access to private user information and introducing viruses to their infrastructure.. Teen Hacking, AOL Breach, Malware Incident. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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