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Matthew Higgins: Guilty of hacking at Eirias High School | Matthew Higgins: Guilty of hacking at Eirias High School |
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A sixth form pupil accused of hacking into his school computer system and attempting to do it again two months later has been found guilty. | |
Matthew Higgins, now 20 and at university, always denied securing unauthorised access to computer data at Eirias High School, Colwyn Bay. | Matthew Higgins, now 20 and at university, always denied securing unauthorised access to computer data at Eirias High School, Colwyn Bay. |
A jury at Caernarfon Crown Court had heard he was a "clever young man" caught red-handed. | |
The judge said she would consider all options in sentencing Higgins. | |
Higgins was remanded on bail until sentencing at Mold Crown Court on 30 November and refused to comment as he left the court. | |
The trial was told Higgins, the son of a police inspector, got access to a girl's file and then sent a fake email to Clwyd West assembly member Darren Millar. | |
He claimed in the email to be a constituent suggesting there was an insecure internet system at the school. | |
Higgins also complained to police that his own computer had been hacked and that he had been "set up". | |
The prosecution said Higgins "played a game of bluff and smoke screens" and tried to portray himself as a victim. |