Chile Court Releases Two Accused Hackers

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via PhysOrg.com (AP).

[snip]

Two Chileans accused of hacking into thousands of government Web sites
were freed from jail Wednesday but ordered to stay away from computers
while the case is investigated, their lawyer said.

Police accuse Carlos Amigo, 37, known online as SSH-2, and Leonardo
Hernandez, 23, nicknamed Nettoxic, of belonging to a team of hackers
responsible for breaking into more than 8,000 Web sites around the
world, including that of the U.S. space agency.

They were arrested Nov. 7 along with two underage friends. The twin
brothers, who were not identified or jailed due to their age, acted
under the names Codiux and Phnx, police said.

The arrests resulted from eight months of investigation with the help
of authorities in the United States, Israel and several South American
countries, police said.

[snip]

More:
http://www.physorg.com/news82836975.html

Background:
http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/2006/11/nasa-hackers-detained-in-chile.html

- ferg


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