News

Court tosses appeal by hacker who opened port to coke smugglers with malware

  • Carly Page--Theregister.com
  • published date: 2026-01-13 12:10:08 UTC

Dutchman fails to convince judges his trial was unfair because cops read his encrypted chats A Dutch appeals court has kept a seven-year prison sentence in place for a man who hacked port IT systems with malware-stuffed USB sticks to help cocaine smugglers mo…

A Dutch appeals court has kept a seven-year prison sentence in place for a man who hacked port IT systems with malware-stuffed USB sticks to help cocaine smugglers move containers, brushing off claim… [+3153 chars]