Argentinian teenager arrested over '$600, 000-a-year' super-hacking network

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/argentinian-teenager-arrested-over-600000ayear-superhacking-network-8817759.html

By Adam Withnall
The Independent
15 September 2013

Police in Argentina have arrested the 19-year-old son of an IT engineer on 
suspicion of running an elaborate cyber-fraud network stealing $600,000 
(£380,000) a year.

Experts say the teenager may have set up a “technological cave” in his 
home, from which police have seized a host of sophisticated computing and 
IT equipment.

The so-called “super-hacker” is alleged to have diverted around $50,000 
(£31,600) a month from online money transfer and gaming websites into his 
own bank account.

The arrest of the 19-year-old comes as part of Operation Zombie, an 
extensive police manhunt which began in 2012 when a businessman providing 
website hosting services said he had discovered a hacker was remotely 
accessing his servers to intercept money transfers.

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