[ISN] Police nab 2 suspects in Hyundai Capital hacking scandal

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:08:35 -0500 (CDT)
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2011041995298

The Dong-A Ilbo
April 19, 2011 	

Police have caught two men suspected of being hired to hack personal 
information from Hyundai Capital Services, Korea’s major lending company 
and a financial unit of Hyundai Motor Group.

Three other suspects are known to have fled overseas, including a 
37-year-old Korean hacker living in the Philippines.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday, “We applied for an 
arrest warrant for Mr. Heo (a 40-year-old jobless man) who gave 20 
million won (18,373 U.S. dollars) to the infamous hacker in the 
Philippines for hacking.”

Also caught was a 39-year-old man who drove a car while Heo was 
withdrawing money that he got by blackmailing the lending company.

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