Published On:Saturday, 14 September 2013
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Argentina Cops Caught Teenager for stealing $50,000 Monthly
Argentinian police says they had arrested a 19 year aged "Super-Hacker" who was making $50,000 a month, working from his bedroom in Buenos Aires, by targeting international money transfer and various money trending websites.
Police say it took them a year to close in on the teenager, who was part of a six notorious gangs which planted viruses on a gaming site which infected the computers of website visitors.
Police raiding his Buenos Aires residence and identified six more people who were involved in the criminal network. The criminal whose identity hasn't revealed is reportedly the son of an IT engineer and officials found high-capacity computers from his room.
The hackers used malware to run a Botnet network of thousands of zombie computers, which were then used to illegally divert money from accounts leaving virtually no trace behind Police seized electronic equipment, including cables, routers and over 14 hard drives.
Former criminal attorney Graciela Gils Carbo, who is now Argentina's chief prosecutor, ordered the federal police to begin an investigation that uncovered that the same person was stealing from money transfer and online game sites.
"Internet users were victims of a 'malware' virus that the hacker hosted in a server for downloading online gaming applications," said a ministry statement.
To complete the job and avoid alerting victims to an illegal money transfer, the suspected hacker carried out a "denial of service" maneuver that used a network of thousands of "zombie" computers to saturate the platform for payments so users could not access their accounts around the time of the attack.
The police department dubbed it Operation Zombie began in 2012. His activities were brought to the attention of the Argentinian authorities when a businessman who offered hosting services for personal web pages on his servers said that a hacker was remotely entering the servers to intercept monetary transfers. If convicted, the man could be sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
Police say it took them a year to close in on the teenager, who was part of a six notorious gangs which planted viruses on a gaming site which infected the computers of website visitors.
Police raiding his Buenos Aires residence and identified six more people who were involved in the criminal network. The criminal whose identity hasn't revealed is reportedly the son of an IT engineer and officials found high-capacity computers from his room.
The hackers used malware to run a Botnet network of thousands of zombie computers, which were then used to illegally divert money from accounts leaving virtually no trace behind Police seized electronic equipment, including cables, routers and over 14 hard drives.
Former criminal attorney Graciela Gils Carbo, who is now Argentina's chief prosecutor, ordered the federal police to begin an investigation that uncovered that the same person was stealing from money transfer and online game sites.
"Internet users were victims of a 'malware' virus that the hacker hosted in a server for downloading online gaming applications," said a ministry statement.
To complete the job and avoid alerting victims to an illegal money transfer, the suspected hacker carried out a "denial of service" maneuver that used a network of thousands of "zombie" computers to saturate the platform for payments so users could not access their accounts around the time of the attack.
The police department dubbed it Operation Zombie began in 2012. His activities were brought to the attention of the Argentinian authorities when a businessman who offered hosting services for personal web pages on his servers said that a hacker was remotely entering the servers to intercept monetary transfers. If convicted, the man could be sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
