Japanese Police Arrest Spyware Suspect
Sumner Lemon writes on InfoWorld:
Japanese police have arrested a suspected spyware developer believed responsible for stealing Internet banking passwords, according to Kyodo News.
Atsushi Takewaka is accused of conspiring with Kiichi Hirayama to use a spyware program to steal Internet banking passwords that were later used to withdraw money from online accounts, Kyodo News reported, citing information provided by police in Japan.
Takewaka is believed to have developed the spyware program at Hirayama's request, the Kyodo report said. Hirayama later sent out CD-ROMs to several companies that installed the spyware program when run on a PC, it said, noting that the two men have admitted to stealing around ¥3 million ($25,904) in this way.
posted by Fergie @ 1/27/2006 08:13:00 AM
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