A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Idris Dayo Mustapha, 33, pleaded guilty to access device fraud, conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and securities fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn. Mustapha, a native of Lagos, Nigeria, had been arrested in the United Kingdom in August 2021, and was extradited to the United States in August. The case is U.S. v. Mustapha, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Cynthia OstermanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Idris Dayo Mustapha, Pamela Chen, Mustapha, Jonathan Stempel, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: U.S . National Security Agency, Nigerian, U.S, Prosecutors, Court, Eastern District of, Thomson Locations: British, New York, Brooklyn, Mustapha, Lagos, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States, U.S, Eastern District, Eastern District of New York