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French Police Arrest HexDex Hacker Over Mass Data Theft and Leaks
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HexDex's case is entering a heavier judicial phase with the arrest of the hacker in the Vendée. The case goes far beyond the only sports federations: it also affects the National Education and sensitive systems related to the possessors of weapons. ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app for iPhone and iPad (link App Store) Read more The HexDex hacker was indicted and arr…
A suspected young hacker, known as "HexDex", was charged and jailed in Paris on Thursday, 23 April. He is suspected of being the origin of a wide range of piracys targeting, among others, public institutions and sports federations.
A suspected young hacker, hidden behind the alias "HexDex" and suspected of being behind an avalanche of hacking of sports federation sites or even of the National Education, has been charged and placed in custody.
Born in 2004, the young hacker was in the sights of the anti-cybercrime section of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office for several weeks. The investigators of the Brigade de lutte contre la cybercrime (BL2C) linked him to about 100 reports of piracy, committed from 19 December 2025. The inquiry took place on Monday 21 April 2026, even as the suspect was preparing to publish a new batch of stolen data. He acknowledged the use of the pseudonym "H…
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