Police arrest man in UK over US Defense Department network intrusion

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http://www.computerworld.com/article/2893644/police-arrest-man-in-uk-over-us-defense-department-network-intrusion.html

By Lucian Constantin
IDG News Service
March 6, 2015

British law enforcement agencies arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of 
being involved in a hacking attack last year against a satellite 
communications system operated by the U.S. Department of Defense.

The network intrusion occurred on June 15 and resulted in data being 
stolen from Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS), a system operated 
by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA, which provides U.S. 
troops and other DoD employees with global communication capabilities, 
including data transfers and voice calls.

The stolen data included contact information for about 800 people, like 
names, titles, email addresses and phone numbers, as well as the 
identifying numbers (IMEIs) for 34,400 devices, the U.K. National Crime 
Agency (NCA) said Friday in a press release.

The suspect, whose name and nationality were not released, was arrested 
Wednesday in Sutton Coldfield, England, as part of a larger law 
enforcement campaign that targeted cybercrime and resulted in 56 arrests.

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