http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2942922 By Kwon Sang-soo Korea JoongAng Daily Oct 18, 2011 The hacker who alledgedly stole the personal information of thousands of Hyundai Capital customers has been arrested in the Philippines. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s cyber investigation unit confirmed yesterday that the suspect, surnamed Shin, 37, was arrested by Filipino police earlier this month and is currently in custody in a local prison. A police official said that Shin is being charged on multiple violations, including illegal acquisition of private information and illegal trespassing into public communications networks and that he has been on Interpol’s wanted list since 2007, after he attacked a Web site. The official said that Korean police have asked the Philippines to extradite Shin to Korea. According to police, Shin stole the personal data of 420,000 Hyundai Capital customers and obtained some 13,000 passwords to loan accounts at Hyundai Capital with two accomplices surnamed Huh, 40, and Jeong, 36, in April. Hyundai Capital is the financial unit of Hyundai Motor Group. [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Mon Oct 17 2011 - 22:50:28 PDT
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