19-Year-Old Pleads Guilty to Cyber Extortion and Hacking Charges
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On June 6, Matthew D. Lane, 19, pleaded guilty in a Massachusetts federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit cyber extortion, cyber extortion, unauthorized access to protected computers, and aggravated identity theft. The first two charges involved an unnamed telecommunications company, identified as "Victim 1." The third and fourth charges were related to another unidentified company.