Man jailed for hacking Call of Duty

Cheating in Call of Duty is one thing, but stealing credit card details through Activision’s shooter is another level of stupidity.

Lewys Martin from Deal, England, has been given an 18-month jail sentence after getting caught selling hundreds of credit card details he attained through hacking Call of Duty.

The 20 year-old hacked the game’s online component, which allowed him to monitor other users’ keystrokes, therefore capturing credit card details and passwords when players were purchasing online.

He later sold the credit card information through a website, costing between $1 and $5 depending on their worth.

Martin kept all his funds in an illegal offshore account located in Costa Rica.

Although Lewys Martin may be a pretty smart hacker to come up with such an elaborate scheme, his actions leading to his discovery and capture were not as sharp.

He was actually caught by police for trying to steal equipment from colleges in Dover and Deal while under the influence of alcohol. After being apprehended, the police then found the credit card details and passwords in his home.

“We don’t know how much money he got through selling the card details because the money is in a bank which won’t co-operate with the authorities,” said prosecutor Edmund Burge. “But Martin admitted to police that it was in the thousands of pounds.”

Martin initially pleaded to be allowed to finish his computer course and the case against him was temporarily deferred, although Martin went back to his thieving ways and was caught breaking into another College while on bail.

N00b.