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A YOUNG MAN accused of hacking into a computer parking system and making a profit for himself and others has become the first person to be charged under new cybercrime legislation introduced in 2017.
David Young (28) from Cois na hAbhann, Cloyne, Co Cork appeared before the Cork District Court, where he was charged with intentionally accessing an information system without legal authority or reasonable excuse for breaching a security measure. Young is alleged to have carried out the crime between September 4-5, 2018.
Young was also charged with intentionally obstructing or disrupting the operation of an information system at Vodafone’s data center at Clonshaugh Business and Technology Park in Dublin. The crime allegedly involves altering data between May 22 and September 3, 2018.
Young was also charged with operating a computer with the intention of making a profit for himself and others and causing a loss to others in Cork City between May 20, 2018 and September 9, 2018.
He was also charged with making a threatening lawsuit by threatening to release information on 12,000 customer accounts with Park Magic Mobile Solutions in order to make a profit for himself. The State alleges that the crime occurred on September 5, 2019, in an unknown location in Cork.
Young was also charged with five counts of dishonest obtaining parking credit worth € 270 between May 28, 2018 and August 17, 2018.
Cathryn Young (54) of Ashford, Healy’s Bridge, Carrigrohane, Co Cork also appeared in court. Ms. Young, who is David Young’s mother, was charged with a total of five counts of dishonest obtaining parking credit for a total of € 212. All five crimes are alleged to have occurred in Cork City between 11 June and August 24, 2018.
Meanwhile, Conor Lydon (27) of Rineen, Cork Road, Carrigaline, Co Cork was also charged with five counts of dishonest obtaining parking credit, totaling € 194. The State alleges that the crimes occurred in Cork between June 5 and August 24, 2018.
Garda Det Paul Fitzpatrick of the Garda National Cyber Crimes Unit presented evidence of arrest, indictment and warning in connection with the three defendants. He told Judge Olann Kelleher that none of the three responded to the charges when they were reprimanded.
Sergeant Pat Lyons said that the DPP had ordered that Mr. Young be tried on indictment at the Circuit Court level. However, he said Gardai had no objection to Young being placed in custody on bail pending his trial.
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Sergeant Lyons said that the DPP had ordered that both Ms. Young and Mr. Lydon would be treated summarily at the district court level. He said gardai had no objection to either party obtaining bail in the case.
Frank Buttimer, defense attorney for Mr. and Mrs. Young, said he could help expedite the case, if he could receive a summary from Gardai of the state’s case against its clients. Sergeant Lyons said that gardai would provide the same for Mr. Buttimer.
Judge Kelleher adjourned the case against Mr. and Mrs. Young until February 22. He also sent Mr. Lydon, who was represented by attorney Colm O’Rourke, into custody until that date. All three were held on bail until their next court appearance. The charges followed a two-year investigation by agents of the Garda National Cyber Crimes Unit.
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