A cyber-criminal has been jailed for nine months for committing offences against the National Lottery.
Anwar Batson, 29, of Notting Hill, London, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on 10 January.
He admitted four offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and one fraud charge.
The customer database affected contained around nine million records.
Source: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/national-lottery-hacker-jailed/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/national-lottery-company
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'description': 'A cyber-criminal has been jailed for nine months for '
'committing offences against the National Lottery. Anwar '
'Batson, 29, of Notting Hill, London, was sentenced at '
'Southwark Crown Court on 10 January. He admitted four '
'offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and one fraud '
'charge. The customer database affected contained around nine '
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