April 17,2019:
A 33-year-old Indian IT programmer has been sentenced to three months in prison followed by Deportation for hacking 15 client websites after his employer deducted USD 1,080 from his salary.
Dubai Court of First Instance charged the man with hacking websites and issuing threats.
Man, who was not identified, was handed a three-month suspended jail term and will be deported immediately.
According to official records, Defendant, who worked as a Computer programmer with the media company, resigned and threatened to hack its client websites after 4,000 dirhams (USD 1,080) was deducted from his salary.
It is stated that,“He sent WhatsApp messages to another programmer at the company saying that he will hack the websites if the company did not repay him the 4,000 dirhams deducted from his salary".
After investigation, Police stated that data found on Defendant’s personal laptop confirmed that he had accessed the websites.
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