Boy hacker arrested over violation of computer law

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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20031101wo21.htm

Yomiuri Shimbun 

Police have arrested a 17-year-old Brazilian boy living in Tochigi
Prefecture on suspicion of violating the Unauthorized Computer Access
Law, the police said Friday.

The boy is a member of an international group of hackers responsible
for hacking into more than 1,000 Web sites in 33 countries.

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested the boy on suspicion of
violating the Unauthorized Computer Access Law.

He reportedly has told investigators from the MPD's center overseeing
high-tech-related crimes that he thought major companies would want to
employ him if he displayed his hacking skills.

The boy used his personal computer to illegally access the computer
system of Kyoto University Hospital on July 10. He left phrases
written in English including "s3r14l k1ll3r was here" on the Web site
of the university's Human Brain Research Center.

According to the police, the boy went by the nickname "s3r14l
k1ll3r"--which can be read as "serial killer"--in the group.

The boy also is suspected of hacking into and defacing the Web sites
of a private high school and a computer servicing company in the
metropolitan area.

The boy was a member of an international group of hackers who named
themselves "CyberLords." The group was formed near the end of last
year by eight hackers, including Americans and Brazilians, who became
acquainted through a Web site used exclusively by hackers.

Group members exchanged information with each other about software
programs designed to attack computer systems and security flaws in Web
sites that could be exploited, and randomly attacked Web sites all
over the world, the police said.

The hackers vied with each other to hack into Web sites and published
on the Internet their hacking "track record."

The group, which has claimed responsibility for hacking into more than
1,000 Web sites in 33 countries, became known among hackers around the
world after attacking about 60 South Korean Web sites simultaneously
in March.

In early June, South Korean investigative authorities learned that one
member of the group was in Japan and requested through Interpol that
the MPD assist with their investigation.

Consequently, the MPD discovered an Internet bulletin board on which
the boy bragged of his exploits of defacing various Web sites.

Based on the content of his bragging, the MPD traced a group of
domestic Web sites that the boy had targeted.

A subsequent analysis of the records left on the boy's computer
pinpointed his involvement in the hacking attacks, the police said.

The boy worked for an employment agency.



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