Meet The 13-Year Old Who Is China’s Youngest Hacker

Wang Zhengyang (pictured) is an adolescent who’s been dubbed China’s ‘hacking prodigy,’ and has developed a profile in the Chinese media. Photo: Daily Mail

A Chinese teenager, Wang Zhengyang became one of the trending topics recently after attending China Internet Security Conference in Beijing as the country’s youngest hacker.

The 13-year-old boy who hacked into school computer system to get answers for his homework, is currently working with Tsinghua University in Beijing, and has developed a public profile in China.‎

Speaking at the conference, the junior student said: ‘You have to attack the websites first to find its weaknesses.’ ‘It is interesting to look for website security risks and I am overwhelmed with joy when I find one. But I will not use my talent for something illegal.’