Cosmo, the Hacker ‘God’ Who Fell to Earth

Cosmo is huge — 6 foot 7 and 220 pounds the last time he was weighed, at a detention facility in Long Beach, California on June 26. And yet he’s getting bigger, because Cosmo — also known as Cosmo the God, the social-engineering mastermind who weaseled his way past security systems at Amazon, Apple, AT&T, PayPal, AOL, Netflix, Network Solutions, and Microsoft — is just 15 years old.

He turns 16 next March, and he may very well do so inside a prison cell.

By Mat Honan

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/09/cosmo-the-god-who-fell-to-earth/

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Teenage Hacker ‘Cosmo the God’ Sentenced by California Court

The 15-year-old UG Nazi hacker known as Cosmo* or Cosmo the God was sentenced in juvenile court on Wednesday in Long Beach, California. According to Cosmo, he pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in exchange for a probation, encompassing all the charges brought against him, which included charges based on credit card fraud, identity theft, bomb threats, and online impersonation.

By Mat Honan

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/hacker-cosmo-the-god-sentenced-by-california-court/