Hyundai Capital hacker arrested in Philippines

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By Kwon Sang-soo
Korea JoongAng Daily
Oct 18, 2011

The hacker who alledgedly stole the personal information of thousands of 
Hyundai Capital customers has been arrested in the Philippines.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s cyber investigation unit 
confirmed yesterday that the suspect, surnamed Shin, 37, was arrested by 
Filipino police earlier this month and is currently in custody in a 
local prison.

A police official said that Shin is being charged on multiple 
violations, including illegal acquisition of private information and 
illegal trespassing into public communications networks and that he has 
been on Interpol’s wanted list since 2007, after he attacked a Web site. 
The official said that Korean police have asked the Philippines to 
extradite Shin to Korea.

According to police, Shin stole the personal data of 420,000 Hyundai 
Capital customers and obtained some 13,000 passwords to loan accounts at 
Hyundai Capital with two accomplices surnamed Huh, 40, and Jeong, 36, in 
April. Hyundai Capital is the financial unit of Hyundai Motor Group.

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