Crime & Safety
Google Hack Guilty Plea: Accounts Compromised for YouTube Ad Cash
Hundreds of accounts accessed in scheme, according to report.
A Woodbridge man pled guilty to his part in hacking into Google and YouTube accounts, generating $56,000 in ad revenue from the scheme, according to a report from The Washington Post.
John Hoang Jr., 34, confessed to creating software that would hack into Google user accounts and set up the user's YouTube account for ad-display revenue.
The Post notes that, according to Hoang's plea, the hacking included 400 Google accounts.
Hoang is expected to be sentenced April 11. He could face up to five years in prison, according to the Post.
Read more of The Washington Post report.
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