Daniel Devereux, 30, hacked the Norwich Airport website and the website of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Devereux boasted about his exploits by posting a video online and sending emails to staff at the organizations under the pseudonym ‘His Royal Gingerness'.

That was how authorities tracked him down.

Devereux pleaded guilty, in the Norwich Magistrates Court, to two counts of Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act. He was sentenced to 32 weeks in jail. He caused the Norwich Airport website to be down for three days and £35,000. His attack on the hospital closed down their website for a day but did not affect clinical services.

Part of the judgement against Devereux included an order that he is not allowed to own or use any device capable of accessing the internet, such as a tablet, smartphone or laptop for five years unless it is registered with the police.

The Crown Prosecution Service prohibits Devereux from:

• Deleting any internet history on the device;
• Using any device capable of accessing the internet in a way which avoids browsing history being saved;
• Buying, using or obtaining any software program capable of hiding or deleting any internet history or buying using, or obtaining any software program that is capable of hiding, concealing or otherwise disguising their internet activity.

Detective sergeant Sam Shevlin commented: "This is an effective way of preventing further offences and robustly dealing with any breaches."

Source: Computing Co.