Colombian authorities arrest purported hacker for allegedly trying to sabotage peace talks

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http://www.canada.com/news/Colombian+authorities+arrest+purported+hacker+allegedly+trying/9812951/story.html

BY CESAR GARCIA
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MAY 6, 2014

BOGOTA - Authorities arrested a suspected hacker for trying to obtain 
information to sabotage government peace talks with Colombia's biggest 
rebel movement, the chief prosecutor's office said Tuesday.

The announcement described Andres Sepulveda as the leader of a spying ring 
that operated out of an office raided over the past two days in a tony 
Bogota neighbourhood.

The case has political overtones, coming less than three weeks before 
Colombia's presidential election.

Investigators said they had reason to believe that President Juan Manuel 
Santos' email might have been intercepted, but they provided no details.

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