Boy, 16, guilty of Delta and American airlines cyber attacks

A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of sending bomb hoax threats to two US airlines through Twitter. Plymouth's youth court heard the teenager, who cannot be named, sent messages to Delta and American Airlines. He previously admitted cyber attacks on Florida's SeaWorld theme park and Devon and Cornwall Police. Judge Diana Baker told the teenager his planning was "both detailed and sophisticated". The court previously heard American Airlines received a threat on Twitter on 13 February 2015 which read: "One of those lovely Boeing airplanes has a tick, tick, ticking in it. Hurry gentlemen, the clock is ticking." A similar tweet was also sent to Delta the same day. The teenager originally pleaded guilty to three offences under Section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act relating to denial of service attacks. He was found guilty of two offences under the Criminal Law Act relating to the communication of bomb threats.<br/>