http://www.computerworld.com/article/2893644/police-arrest-man-in-uk-over-us-defense-department-network-intrusion.html
By Lucian Constantin
IDG News Service
March 6, 2015
British law enforcement agencies arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of
being involved in a hacking attack last year against a satellite
communications system operated by the U.S. Department of Defense.
The network intrusion occurred on June 15 and resulted in data being
stolen from Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS), a system operated
by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA, which provides U.S.
troops and other DoD employees with global communication capabilities,
including data transfers and voice calls.
The stolen data included contact information for about 800 people, like
names, titles, email addresses and phone numbers, as well as the
identifying numbers (IMEIs) for 34,400 devices, the U.K. National Crime
Agency (NCA) said Friday in a press release.
The suspect, whose name and nationality were not released, was arrested
Wednesday in Sutton Coldfield, England, as part of a larger law
enforcement campaign that targeted cybercrime and resulted in 56 arrests.
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