40 Percent Of UK Teens Have Hacked Accounts

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Rather than hardcore hacking, British teenagers, it seems, indulge more in social engineering. The fact that current browsers often allow people to save their password and login details by default also make it a doddle for trainee hackers. Trend Micro also found out in the survey that more than 10 percent of teenagers find it "cool" or "funnt" to pretend to be someone else online.

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