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A COWRA man who allegedly hacked into one of the national broadband network's service providers has been refused bail in Orange.
Federal police claim David Cecil had control of the provider's entire system for at least six weeks.
Court registrar Ailsa Ryder accepted the Federal Police argument that if freed Cecil could potentially destroy evidence.
Cecil will face Orange Local Court again on Friday.
Police say the 25-year-old, who went by the online nickname "Evil", was acting alone and spent up to 20 hours a day on his home computer.
“While Platform Networks had strong cyber security measures in place, even the best security systems are only as strong as the weakest link – it only takes one user with a weak password to put an entire network at risk,” AFP National Manager for High Tech Crime Operations Neil Gaughan said.
“[Mr Cecil] is an unemployed truck driver who is completely self-taught in terms of his IT skills."
He has been charged with 50 offences over alleged incursions into Platform Networks, one of the first 12 service providers selected for the contentious $36 billion NBN trials.
