Elusive hacker Guccifer arrested in Romania - report

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RT.com
January 23, 2014

Romanian authorities arrested on Wednesday a man they suspect is hacker 
Guccifer, known for infiltrating the email accounts of many international 
political and public figures, including former US President George W. Bush.

Marcel Lazar Lehel, 40, was arrested and his home in Arad County was searched, 
according to Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and 
Terrorism (DIICOT). Lehel had already been sentenced to three years of 
supervised release in February 2012 for similar hacks.

Romanian authorities allege that a man they refer to only as LML "accessed, 
repeatedly and without authorization, by bypassing security measures, email 
accounts belonging to public figures from Romania, with the purpose of gaining 
possession of confidential information found in their electronic mailboxes." 
Radio Romania first identified the suspect as Lehel.

A Romanian prosecutor told Reuters that the suspect is believed to be hacker 
Guccifer.

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