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Teenage hacker raids host parents' internet bank account

June 4, 2003

A teenage online computer game junkie tried to steal $10,000 by hacking into his host parents' internet bank account, say police.

Police said the 14-year-old Wellington boy managed to access the bank account after installing a key logger programme on the home's computer.

The programme, one of many readily available viruses on the internet, records the keys pressed by other users and can then be recalled.

It is thought the boy then hacked into his host parents' account and tried to steal the money, but was stopped when the bank noticed the unusual transaction and telephoned the account holder.

Police said they believed the boy had started using key logger programmes at internet cafes to feed his addiction for on-line games, which he could then play for free.

Last week, two 13-year-old Wellington boys were being dealt with by police after breaking into about 40 taxis to steal money to play an Internet game called Counter-Strike.

Kilbirnie youth aid officer Brett Callander said some of the 14-year-old's offending - hacking into people's internet accounts - related to his addiction to computer games.

"Certainly he wanted time on computers and using other people's internet accounts was one way he went about getting it."

However, he said the attempted theft of the money was more likely to be a case of experimentation.

"Young people are always pushing the boundaries. They can learn in 10 minutes on a computer what it would take (older people) two days to learn, but they don't really understand the results of their actions."

Police said the boy was back with his host family being dealt with by youth aid officers though a prosecution was a possibility.