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Teen Hacker Facing Porn Charges

Posted: Mar 18, 2013 12:41 PM by NBC News (WXIA)
Updated: Mar 18, 2013 12:45 PM

GEORGIA (WXIA) - An Acworth, Georgia teenager has been charged with distributing child pornography.

Michael William Cook, 17, was arrested on eight counts of cruelty to children and one count of sexually exploiting children.

Sgt. Pierce said Cook hacked into the victims cell phones by sending text messages to his victims from a company called "Maxi Focus Photography". When the victims responded to the texts it installed malware on their phone. Pierce said it essentially gave Cook access to all the information on their phones.

Sgt. Pierce said the sexually explicit photos were on the victim's phones. "He took the pictures out of there and sent them to pornographic web sites," he said.

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