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Taiwan busts hacking ring
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:33:55 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/27/taiwan-busts-hacking-ring By Egan Orion The Inquirer 27 August 2008 INSPECTOR KNACKER of the Taiwan yard has swooped down on a ring of cyber-thiefs who had been targeting government and corporate data stores. The six individuals arrested allegedly had attacked various government agencies, state-run companies, telecom corporations and a television shopping network. Investigators alleged that the suspects stole more than 50 million personal data records, including information about President Ma Ying-jeou, his predecessor Chen Shui-bian and police chief Wang Cho-chiun. The ring offered to sell the data for about $10 per entry. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/
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