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Mon, 08/09/2010 - 17:33
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Two German hackers detained for stealing internet banking information
BANGKOK, Aug 9 – Two German men were arrested for allegedly hacking internet banking information from a teacher, causing her the loss of Bt700,000 (about US$21,000).
Pol Col Supisan Pakdinaruenart, acting commander of the Crime Suppression Division told a news conference that the police arrested Dominik Iacono, 22, and Dave Ackermann, 23, at a house in the resort town of Pattaya after they hacked information from internet banking transactions of Col Khatthiyaporn Kamart, a lecturer at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy.
The duo used a Trojan computer virus to steal information from the victim and transferred money from her Bangkok Bank account to an account of a Thai man they hired.
They were traced by police and were arrested after they withdrew funds from an ATM in Chonburi.
They claimed that they stole information from the victim on the Internet after they were ordered to do so by a Russian.
Police found that they had committed the crime several times since the beginning of this year, causing a loss of more than Bt100 million (about US$ 3.1 million) overall.
An official of the Bangkok Bank said that the transaction on the Internet is risky, so internet users should refrain from using the bank account which has a large amount of money in using internet banking service and should install an updated anti-computer virus programme to prevent hacking from abroad. (MCOT online news)
Pol Col Supisan Pakdinaruenart, acting commander of the Crime Suppression Division told a news conference that the police arrested Dominik Iacono, 22, and Dave Ackermann, 23, at a house in the resort town of Pattaya after they hacked information from internet banking transactions of Col Khatthiyaporn Kamart, a lecturer at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy.
The duo used a Trojan computer virus to steal information from the victim and transferred money from her Bangkok Bank account to an account of a Thai man they hired.
They were traced by police and were arrested after they withdrew funds from an ATM in Chonburi.
They claimed that they stole information from the victim on the Internet after they were ordered to do so by a Russian.
Police found that they had committed the crime several times since the beginning of this year, causing a loss of more than Bt100 million (about US$ 3.1 million) overall.
An official of the Bangkok Bank said that the transaction on the Internet is risky, so internet users should refrain from using the bank account which has a large amount of money in using internet banking service and should install an updated anti-computer virus programme to prevent hacking from abroad. (MCOT online news)
