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20-Year-Old Pulled Off Dangerous Cyberattack on Millions of Students. Now He Admits, ‘I Need to Go to Prison’

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Matthew Lane told ABC News that he hopes his story will serve as a "cautionary tale"NEED TO KNOWMatthew Lane is speaking out for the first time after he was sentenced to prison time after hacking and extorting PowerSchool in 2024The former college student admitted his actions were not only “disgusting” and “greedy,” but were also “rooted in my own insecurities”"I'm honestly thankful for the FBI," Lane told ABC News in an interviewA young man beh…

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People broke the news in United States on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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