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AusCERT presentation riles Queensland Police

In Hackers - 17 May 2011 7:09 PM

Herald story leads to police queries.

Man charged for hacking Super Bowl feed, inserting porn

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 9 February 2011 2:17 PM

Touchdown spoiler nabbed.

iPad hackers arrested, facing charges

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 19 January 2011 12:47 PM

Exploited flaw on AT&T site.

WikiLeaks founder arrested in UK

In Web/client - By Jennifer Scott, 8 December 2010 9:08 AM

Julian Assange arrested by the Metropolitan Police on accusations of sexual assault.

Botnet sending Bredolab trojan dismantled, one arrested

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 28 October 2010 1:42 PM

Dutch team behind take-down.

19 arrested in Zeus bank fraud bust

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 30 September 2010 2:48 PM

The PCeU has arrested 19 on suspicion of using a Zeus Trojan to steal millions from UK banks.

Hacker arrested on Mariposa botnet charges

In Hackers - 29 July 2010 12:59 PM

'Iserdo' picked up in Slovenia after co-ordinated international sting.

German man arrested for webcam spying

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 20 July 2010 9:54 AM

Accused may have spied on over 150 girls.

Police jail iPad data leak researcher

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 18 June 2010 10:21 AM

Goatse researcher nabbed for drug possession following raid.

Police e-crime unit swoops on Zeus suspects

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 19 November 2009 9:38 AM

Pair arrested over Trojan bank account scam.

Turkish hacker arrested by FBI made video giving tips for installing ATM skimmers

In Hackers - By Paul Fisher, 29 October 2008 10:11 AM

A Turkish hacker known as "Chao" and arrested as part of the FBI operation against underground forum DarkMarket produced his own training videos. You can watch it here.

22 arrested in hacking ring

By Nick Farrell, 30 May 2008 10:05 AM

Inspector le Knackeur swoops

Team of Spanish hackers arrested

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 20 May 2008 8:32 AM

Spanish authorities charged a team of young hackers with infiltrating more than 20,000 web pages, including one belonging to NASA.

Hacker arrested accused of stealing and selling weapons data

In Hackers - By Jim Carr, 31 January 2008 10:22 AM

Authorities have arrested a 58-year-old man in Greece they said hacked into computer systems of France's Dassault Group for more than five years, stole sensitive weapons ...

Australia-wide online child predator network dismantled

In Hackers - 17 December 2007 9:33 AM

Australian Police have sent out a strong warning to online child predators that want to hide behind the “anonymity of the Internet” to disseminate harmful material against ...

Florida man arrested after huge data theft

In Hackers - By Matt Chapman, 6 December 2007 12:40 PM

A senior database administrator in the US has admitted stealing the details of 8.5 million customers over a period of five years..

Embassy email 'hacker' arrested

In Hackers - By Matt Chapman, 19 November 2007 10:12 AM

A Swedish hacker who uncovered a security flaw in an email system used by embassies around the world has been arrested..

WabiSabiLabi founder in custody with Italian authorities

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuck, 14 November 2007 10:13 AM

Italian authorities are holding the founder of WabiSabiLabi, an eBay-like online marketplace for buying and selling zero-day vulnerabilities.

Suspected phishing gang arrested in Germany

In Hackers - By Fiona Raisbeck, 17 September 2007 10:07 AM

Ten people have been arrested in Germany under suspicion of carrying out an international phishing scam, sources revealed today.

Suspected mobile virus writer arrested in Spain

In Hackers - By Fiona Raisbeck, 26 June 2007 11:02 AM

A man suspected of creating and spreading a mobile phone virus has been arrested by police in Spain, according to reports.

Global online child porn ring smashed

In Hackers - 19 June 2007 10:00 AM

Four Australians arrested and a further two people are facing court after an international operation.

Spyware-aided hackers in US$300 000 online bank robbery in Turkey

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 16 February 2007 3:34 PM

Turkish police have arrested 17 people who allegedly hacked into internet banking accounts and stole US$300,000.

US students arrested for fake snow day announcement on high school website

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 13 February 2007 6:41 AM

Two students at an Ohio high school were arrested last week and accused of illegally accessing their school district website to announce an unauthorised snow day.

Korean duo arrested for allegedly sending billions of spam emails

In Messaging - By Fiona Raisbeck, 31 January 2007 8:38 AM

Two South Korean men have been arrested on suspicion of sending 1.6 billion spam emails, in what police describe as one of the biggest spam campaigns in the country's history.

New Jersey duo arrested for changing grades with unauthorised network access

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 11 January 2007 5:35 PM

A student and a recent graduate of a US high school in New Jersey have been charged with using unauthorised access privileges to change students' grades.

Hacker crew that attacked NASA websites arrested in Chile

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 8 November 2006 6:15 PM

Four men - part of what authorities have called one of the world's most successful hacking gangs - have been arrested in Chile.

Suspected phishing gang arrested in Europe and US

In Messaging - By Fiona Raisbeck, 3 November 2006 2:11 PM

A gang suspected of carrying out a phishing attack on the credit card company, Capital One, have been arrested in Europe and the US.

Nigerian email scam-master arrested

By René Millman, 7 August 2006 12:38 PM

Police in Nigeria have arrested the suspected ringleader of an email scam that stole up to $2 million.

Private eye, about to address hacker conference, arrested

By Dan Kaplan, 24 July 2006 9:36 PM

FBI agents arrested a private investigator over the weekend as he was preparing to address a hacker conference in New York City, several media outlets reported today.

Vietnamese DDos attacker arrested

By William Eazel, 3 May 2006 12:48 PM

A Vietnamese man accused of launching a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a commercial website was arrested by local authorities.

College student arrested for spam

By Frank Washkuch, 9 March 2006 9:17 PM

A California college student has been arrested for allegedly trying to steal the personal information of about 30,000 people through a false phishing email from eBay.

Botnet man arrested

By René Millman, 4 November 2005 2:48 PM

The FBI has arrested a 20-year-old man after he created a botnet of more than 400,000 infected machines, installing adware on them and making $60,000. As a side business the ...

Pair arrested in Zotob worm case

By Marcia Savage, 26 August 2005 8:35 PM

Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two men suspected of creating and distributing the Zotob and Mytob worms.

Hundreds arrested in Nigerian scam clampdown

By David Quainton, 9 August 2005 10:06 AM

Nigerian anti-419 squads have recovered cash and assets worth more than $700 million in the last year.

310 arrested in mammoth 419 scam manhunt

By David Quainton, 22 July 2005 12:11 PM

Over 300 people have been arrested in Spain in a massive 419 manhunt.

US military super-hacker arrested in UK

By David Quainton, 8 June 2005 12:31 PM

A man suspected of committing one of history’s biggest military computer hacks has been arrested by extradition forces.

Brits arrested in Israeli spyware hunt

By David Quainton, 31 May 2005 3:24 PM

A British couple has been arrested for helping companies to spy on the activities of their competitors.

Webcam hacker arrested for spying on teen

By René Millman, 22 April 2005 11:30 AM

A 45-year-old Cypriot man has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into the computer of a teenage girl and spying on her via the computer's webcam. It was alleged that the ...

Rocket-man hacker Rafa arrested

By David Quainton, 12 April 2005 10:45 AM

US police have captured a Venezuelan hacker after four years of tracking the suspect. Rafael Nunez-Aponte, known as “RaFa”, is suspected of attacks on the US Department of ...

Spanish man arrested on webcam hacking charge

By René Millman, 19 January 2005 1:25 PM

Spanish police have arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with writing and distributing a trojan which hijacks unsuspecting users' webcams.

Scots hacker arrested after DDoS attack

By David Quainton, 18 January 2005 10:24 AM

A 27-year old Scot has been arrested under the 1990 Computer Misuse Act on suspicion of launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. A joint operation between the US ...

German eBay hacker arrested

By Dan Ilett, 7 September 2004 5:12 PM

Police have arrested a 19 year-old German hacker who claims he managed to control the local domain of eBay.

Internet tycoon arrested for blackmail

By Dan Ilett, 16 February 2004 3:37 PM

Internet millionaire Cliff Stanford, who sold Demon Internet for £30 million, has been charged with conspiracy to blackmail and the illegal interception of communications under ...

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