Police arrest suspected UK hacker. (Security News and Products).Sophos, has welcomed the increasing co-operation between international computer crime units towards fighting cyber (1) From "cybernetics," it is a prefix attached to everyday words to add a computer, electronic or online connotation. The term is similar to "virtual," but the latter is used more frequently. See virtual. crime. This follows the arrest of a British man suspected of writing and distributing the TOrn rootkit, a tool created to aid the hacking See hack and hacker. of Linux servers. Scotland Yard Scotland Yard, headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th cent. , in co-operation with the FBI, have arrested a 21 year old man in the London suburb suburb, a community in an outlying section of a city or, more commonly, a nearby, politically separate municipality with social and economic ties to the central city. In the 20th cent. of Surbiton under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Computer equipment was seized from his home and is currently being analysed by officers from Scotland Yard. The man has been bailed pending further inquiries. Further information on the TOrn rootkit can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfolanalyses/trojtOrnkit.html |
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