Mustafa Al-Assam was once part of the notorious Anonymous organisation, hacking into the world’s biggest websites and databases. He then started his own hacker group, taking down the entire PlayStation network for three weeks and leaking the details of 73,000 X Factor contestants… all whilst still a teenager in school. Mustafa explains how he got away with it all for so long and the moment he was eventually caught. --------------------- Get your exclusive NordVPN Deal at nordvpn.com/minutes. Try it risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee! --------------------- Extraordinary Lives is a podcast from the team behind LADbible’s Minutes With. We speak to remarkable people who each have a unique story to tell - spies, terrorists, hackers, gangsters, killers, people with particular conditions, and those who’ve lived unreal experiences. These are the stories that resonated the most with LADbible’s audience when they were originally told on Minutes With. In this podcast, LADbible’s Ben Powell-Jones sits down with those individuals for a more in-depth conversation, revealing untold tales for the first time. Host: Ben Powell-Jones, Twitter: @BenPowellJones Listen to this episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1PYUjjDvzyjIEx7wfmhPbD Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i-hacked-the-us-government-aged-16/id1644350792?i=1000590828138 Subscribe To Our Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribeLADbible Be In Our Videos: http://instagram.com/ladbiblecasting Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ladbible/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladbible/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ladbible #LADbible #UNILAD To license this video please email: licensing@ladbiblegroup.com