Overview

• Sheffield Crown Court handed Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky a 20‑month sentence after he pleaded guilty to nine Computer Misuse Act offences on March 17.
• NCA officers arrested the 26‑year‑old in August 2022 following intelligence from U.S. law enforcement.
• Investigators tied him to the Yemen Cyber Army and Spider Team through seized devices, social media accounts and email evidence.
• Evidence showed intrusions and defacements targeting Yemen’s Foreign Affairs and Security Media ministries, Israeli Live News, faith sites in the U.S. and Canada, and California’s State Water Board.
• Forensic analysis found personal data for over four million Facebook users and credentials for services such as Netflix and PayPal, and the NCA warned of fraud risks; his boast of hacking 3,000 sites in three months was not verified.