TWO North-East men have been charged with conspiring to create a worldwide computer virus.
Jordan Bradley, 20, of Bates Avenue, Darlington, and Andrew Harvey, 22, of Scardale Way, Durham, will appear before Consett Magistrates Court on September 18.
The pair are suspected of being part of a team of hackers known as the THr34t-Krew.
They were arrested in February and interviewed by members of the US Computer and Technology Crime Team in connection with the offences alleged to have occurred between January 1, 2002, and February 6 this year.
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