A naive teenager who launched a cyber attack on a large-scale gambling channel had been living a "virtual life", a court heard.Max Whitehouse was just 17 when he used his mother's Twitter account to announce his plan to attack the site, bombarding its system with computer traffic so it could not operate.The company, which encourages people to gamble responsibly, lost an estimated £18,000, a figure based on the usual traffic that would have used the site.Nottingham Crown Court...
