Posted on 02/09/2017 7:09:33 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian authorities say that a U.S. youth in Pittsburgh tried to hack into the Brussels airport computer system and disable it the night after the March 22 attacks that killed 32 people.
The federal prosecutor's office said in a statement Thursday that at its request, the FBI interrogated the American minor and said he confessed. The statement said the hacking attempt was unsuccessful and stressed that "it appeared there were no terrorist motives."
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Why is this suddenly news now, almost a year later?
Agree.
Maybe no proof it is an ISIS directed terrorist act but shutting down the airport computers is by definition a terrorist act.
“said he confessed”
Never talk to the police.
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