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. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo@private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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