http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200807/200807280013.html Digital Chosun Ilbo July 28, 2008 Some 9 million files of Korean credit information stolen by a Chinese hacker ended up back in Korea and were illegally sold and distributed to Korean loan firms, police say. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Cyber Crime Investigation Division on Sunday said it had requested an arrest warrant for a 42-year-old loan go-between, identified by his surname Chun, who has fled to China. Chun is charged with W2.7 billion in illegal gains (US$1=W1,010) earned through buying information stolen by a Chinese hacker from some 2,000 Korean bank, loan firm, Internet shopping mall and university computer networks, and then using the data to mediate deals for Korean loan sharks. In addition to Chun, police arrested without detention six others including "Shin" (42), who ran a loan mediating company using illegally obtained credit information. A warrant was also requested for "Im" (29), who has also fled. Police say the suspects bought 9 million files of stolen data from a Chinese-based hacker for W15 million in May 2006. The data include personal resident registration numbers, phone numbers and credit info. Using the data, the suspects allegedly called people who had previously borrowed loans or were thought to be in need of money and introduced them to loan sharks in the non-institutional financial market. [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Mon Jul 28 2008 - 00:47:03 PDT
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