http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/10/751949/ VietNamNet Bridge 29/10/2007 Vietnamese police have released a wanted notice for a Nigerian hacker for stealing passwords of credit accounts of Vietnamese and foreigners and using these accounts to book tickets with low cost airlines. On October 17, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam arraigned this hacker, named Opeoluwa Mark Adeyemi, 36, for fraud, and permitted him to be out on bail. However, he immediately went missing from his temporary residence. According to police, this man hired a house on An Duong Vuong road, ward 16, District 8, HCM City. He worked as a technician for a Vietnamese limited liability company named Hoang Yen Minh. Adeyemi is a professional hacker and his job at the above company was stealing passwords of credit accounts of Vietnamese and foreigners online. This man and the director of Hoang Yen Minh company booked tickets with low cost airlines by these credit accounts for customers of Hoang Yen Minh company. Adeyemi and the Vietnamese company director then appropriated the pay for air tickets of customers. The owners of credit cards must pay for the tickets or airlines must bear losses in case credit card owners discovered that they lost account passwords and refused to pay for the tickets. According to initial estimates, these people appropriated billions of VND, including over VND1 billion from Pacific Airlines. __________________________________________________________________ CSI 2007 is the only conference that delivers a business-focused overview of enterprise security. It will convene 1,500+ delegates, 80 exhibitors and features 100+ sessions/seminars providing a roadmap for integrating policies and procedures with new tools and techniques. Register now for savings on conference fees and/or free exhibits admission. - www.csiannual.com
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