Police in Romania have arrested a hacker suspected of breaking into the servers of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Pentagon, a computer security firm reported Wednesday (Manila time).
Sophos cited a news release by Romanian authorities identifying the hacker as Razvan Manole Cernaianu, 20, a.k.a. TinKode, who had hacked into government and military websites.
In a blog post, Sophos said Cernaianu had also allegedly revealed security holes, and published information about SQL injection vulnerabilities he had discovered.
Citing the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) statement, it also said Cernaianu also offered a computer program to hack into websites on his blog.
DIICOT is said to have worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and NASA on the investigation, it said.
Sophos also noted Cernaianu also published a video showing Internet attacks he had orchestrated against the US authorities.
“TinKode’s targets were not just based in the United States, however. For instance, in November 2010, the British Royal Navy’s official website was compromised by the Romanian hacker, who claimed to have exposed the site’s passwords,” it said.
Sophos also cited Associated Press reports that the US Embassy in Bucharest claimed Cernaianu, reportedly an IT student, “used sophisticated hacking tools to gain unauthorized access to government and commercial systems.”
But it said TinKode’s motivation may have been more about mischief-making than malice, “fueled by a desire for publicity via his active Twitter and Facebook accounts.” — TJD, GMA News
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