Friday, July 12, 2002

Brazilian Internet theft Arrest of hacker is requested Jornal do Brasil, Sexta-Feira, 12 Jul 2002 (tvv rough translation, thanks babelfish) The police of Mato Grosso do Sul yesterday asked for the re-arrest of the student Guillermo Amorim de Oliveira Alves, age 18 years, accused of the biggest theft yet carried out through the Internet in Brazil. Guillermo was arrested 19 Jun 2002 in the act of diverting R$25,000 from bank accounts using a notebook computer. He was held in custody for 14 days by the Federal Police and was released on 3 Jul on habeas corpus. But analysis of his computer, divulged on 9 Jul, showed that the hacker violated the sites of four national banks and diverted at least R$120,000 from 50 accounts. The analysis is incomplete, but there is evidence that the hacker has a bank account containing R$3 million. His computer also contained 3500 American credit-card numbers from two card issuers. The FBI will enter the case. [Tom Van Vleck via risks-digest Volume 22, Issue 15] 18:24 # G!