Terrorist-Funded Filipino Hackers Arrested
In a joint effort, US and Philippines authorities managed to arrest four members of a hacker collective that are suspected to have attempted a hack on AT&T.
The investigation that led to the arrest of the Filipinos started back in March when the FBI requested the aid of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group's Anti-Transnational and Cyber Crime Division (CIDG-ATCCD) concerning a hacking operation that targeted the wireless services provider AT&T.
The suspects, aged between 21 and 31, and allegedly financed by a Saudi Arabian terrorist group, caused damage worth of $2 million (1.4 million EUR) to the communications company, reports SunStar. They were taken into custody after the FBI and the ATCCD raided several locations in the Metro Manila area, from where numerous computer and telecommunications equipments, believed to be used in the attacks, were sized.
