Romanian cops cuff suspected serial hacker TinKode

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/01/tinkode_nasa_hack_suspect_cuffed/

By John Leyden
The Register
1st February 2012

Romanian police have arrested a man suspected of breaking into the 
websites of NASA and the Pentagon in a series of high-profile hack 
attacks.

Razvan Manole Cernaianu, 20, from Timisoara, is accused of publishing 
details of the SQL injection vulnerabilities discovered on the targeted 
websites under the hacker handle TinKode. The Romanian Directorate for 
Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) further alleges 
that Cernaianu, an IT student, sold hacking tools from his personal 
site.

TinKode bragged about breaking into the Royal Navy's official website in 
November 2010 and making off with site passwords. Other attacks claimed 
by TinKode include breaking into the MySQL site (using a SQL injection 
vulnerability) and the European Space Agency. These alleged targets fail 
to appear on the rap sheet, which concentrates on the NASA hack and an 
assault of US Army systems that allegedly resulted in the extraction of 
confidential data.

Investigating officers from the FBI and NASA took part in the 
investigation that led to Cernaianu's arrest.

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