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By EVA VERGARA, Associated Press
Writer Mon Nov 6, 5:00 PM ET
on Monday, accusing them of being
part of an international group that has broken
into thousands of government Web sites around the globe in recent years.
Police Chief Gerardo Raventos said the group was responsible for
"infiltrating"
more than 8,000 sites, including
some run by the governments of
It was not clear whether the hackers
were suspected of vandalizing Web pages
or stealing information. "The
investigation continues to determine what the
intentions of these people
were," Raventos said.
One of the suspects, as he arrived
at police headquarters, shouted to reporters
that the group had acted "for
fun."
Raventos said the suspects were members of a "big" international hackers'
group and had been under investigation for eight months with the cooperation
of authorities in
the
Raventos
identified Leonardo Hernandez, 23, as the Chilean hackers' leader.
Hernandez was known in cyberspace as
Nettoxic and is wanted in several
countries, he added.
The other suspects used the online
handles SSH-2, Codiox and Phnx,
Raventos
said.
The four were arrested Monday in the
capital of
charged with "electronic sabotage" and face prison terms of up to five years.
Alleged
NASA Hackers Arrested in Chile
From http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4842
Michael Hoffman (Blog) - November 7, 2006 6:00 PM
Members of a
computer hacking group have been arrested in several cities in
Four suspected computer hackers accused of illegally accessing government
Web sites around
the world have
been arrested in
a group of
hackers who illegally accessed computer systems for fun, had been under
investigation for
eight months, according to Chilean police authorities. The group allegedly
penetrated more
than 8,000 web sites around the world, including the US National Aeronautics
and Space
Administration's site.
Leonardo Hernandez, a group member known as Nettoxic, is currently
wanted in several
countries. Carlos Amigo, known has SHH-2, is also being held until official
charges are filed
against him by Chilean prosecutors. The other two apprehended suspects,
twin brothers, are
under 18 and are free until charges are filed.
The Chilean police, with help from
and several South
American countries,
arrested the members in
Chilean
prosecutors now have 90 days to officially press charges against the hackers.
Along with NASA, the group infiltrated the
and Chilean
finance ministry's web site while also
hacking government web sites in
for allegedly belonging to a group accused of breaking into
thousands of government
Web sites around the globe, including NASA's.
The "Byond" team has been under investigation for eight
months with the cooperation
of authorities in the
chief Gerardo Raventos said.
He said the group
infiltrated more than 8,000 sites, including that of the
"These people did
not act seeking money, but just for fun," Raventos
said.
The four were arrested
Monday in the capital of
with "electronic
sabotage" and face prison terms of up to five years.
The court gave
prosecutors 90 days to file charges.
One of the suspects is
Leonardo Hernandez, 23, who was known in cyberspace as
Nettoxic and is wanted
in several countries, Raventos said.
Another is Carlos Amigo,
known online as SSH-2. The other two, twin brothers who
were not named because
they are under 18, used the handles Codiux and Phnx,
Raventos said.
A judge ordered Hernandez
and Amigo jailed until charges are filed, while the two
minors were freed but
were told to respond to a summons.
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'Nasa
hackers' detained in
BBC News Monday, 6 November 2006
The authorities in
members of one of the world's most successful groups of
computer hackers.
The
men are accused of breaching more than 8,000 websites, including that of
One of
the men, who has used the alias "Net Toxic", is alleged to be one of
the most prolific hackers in the
world.
The
men were detained in simultaneous raids in three cities in
The
Chilean police carried out the operation in co-ordination with Interpol and
intelligence services from the
officials
said.
The
four men also allegedly managed to infiltrate the websites of the Chilean
finance ministry and University of
And
they are accused of gaining access to government websites from a range of other
countries, including
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