Brazil police bust gang of Internet hackers

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REUTERS
NOVEMBER 06, 2003
 
BRASILIA : Brazilian police arrested 18 Internet hackers on Wednesday
in a massive operation to dismantle a gang operating across four
northern states, authorities said.

The operation, dubbed "Trojan Horse" and involving 205 officers,
targetted a gang that stole more than $10 million last year by
breaking into banks and clients computers, federal police said in a
statement.

Police said the gang had created Internet sites and programs capable
of uncovering the passwords of clients who transferred money on the
Web.

Once the gang obtained the passwords, funds were stolen electronically
from accounts and transferred to other bank accounts held in the names
of third persons.

Armed with 33 search warrants, federal police descended on the gang
early on Wednesday, spanning from Para state in the Amazon to the
central state of Goias.

Brazil is seen as a country with large and growing activity by
Internet hackers, partly helped by vague legislation on the crime in
Brazil.
 
 


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