[ISN] Four hack suspects linked to terrorist group

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:19:37 -0600 (CST)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57331688-83/four-hack-suspects-linked-to-terrorist-group/

By Steven Musil
CNet News
November 27, 2011

The FBI and Philippine law enforcement officials arrested four people in 
the Philippines this week who were allegedly paid by terrorists to hack 
into AT&T's system, but the company said its system was not breached.

The four, who were arrested Wednesday in Manila, were paid by the same 
Saudi Arabian-based terrorist group identified by the FBI as funding the 
2008 attack on Mumbai, the Philippines' Criminal Investigation and 
Detection Group (CIDG) said in a statement. The coordinated attacks in 
India's largest city claimed 164 lives and wounded at least 308.

"The hacking activity resulted in almost $2 million in losses incurred 
by the company," the CIDG said in a statement.

The suspects hacked the trunk-like PBX (private branch exchange) phone 
lines of different telecommunications companies, including AT&T, the 
CIDG said. Money stolen in the hacks was diverted to bank accounts 
belonging to the terrorists, who paid the Filipino hackers on 
commission, the group said.

The four allegedly worked for a group originally run by Muhammad Zamir, 
a Pakistani arrested by the FBI in 2007 who was associated with Jemaah 
Islamiah, a Southeast Asian militant group with links to Al Qaeda.

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