US student agrees to plead guilty to hack affecting tens of millions of students | TechCrunch

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  • Matthew D
  • Lane, 19, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges relating to hacking and extorting one of the largest U
  • S
  • education tech companies
  • Lane is accused of using stolen login credentials to access the network of an unnamed software company to steal the personal information of more than 60 million students and 10 million teachers
  • Lane worked with an unnamed co-conspirator who lived in Illinois to extort the education software maker for about $2
  • 85 million in cryptocurrency
A Massachusetts student has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges relating to hacking and extorting one of the largest U.S. education tech companies, prosecutors confirmed Tuesday.Matthew D. L [+2268 chars]

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