[ISN] Infamous Israeli hacker linked to $1.8M heist

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 04:42:59 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/business/story.html?id=df98c776-bbb9-4987-8526-6649e56c0574

Star News Services
September 05, 2008

CALGARY - Investigators spent nine months using technology and 
old-fashioned sleuthing to find four suspects who allegedly stole $1.8 
million from a Calgary company.

The operation involved the U.S. Secret Service and municipal police in 
Calgary and Vancouver -- as well as in Montreal, where investigators 
arrested four Quebec-based suspects.

Among those charged with theft of credit-card data and fraud is Ehud 
Tenenbaum, an Israeli national living in Montreal. In 1998, a 
19-year-old Israeli named Ehud Tenenbaum -- known online as "the 
Analyzer" -- accessed computers belonging to the Pentagon.

After his conviction, Tenenbaum used his expertise to help Israeli 
organizations protect their computer networks against cyber attacks.

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