UK hacker must pay back £922k after cyber-attack spree

An English cyber-criminal who carried out targeted computer attacks on more than 100 firms from his UK base has been forced to pay back a stolen cryptocurrency haul worth £922.978.14, news reports reveal.

Argos, Uber and Sainsbury’s were among the victims of Mr Grant West, who was jailed for fraud for an elaborate hacking spree which duped company insiders into exposing huge swathes of confidential data.

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