Argentinean super-hacker accused of stealing $50,000 per month
Police in Argentina have detained a hacker that allegedly diverted over $50,000 [£32,337] a month to his bank account and is being branded a “super-hacker” as a result.
The 19-year-old, who hasn't been named, was first detained in Buenos Aires in July as part of “Operation Zombie”, with police raiding five premises in the Argentine capital and Rosario, a city to the North.
It’s being alleged that the hacker, who is the son of an information systems engineer, ran a complicated hacking system that enabled fraud to take place and security breaches happened on a large number of websites. The raids found a “technological cave” that was being used to hack into the systems with police confiscating various sophisticated computers and other equipment. Police also identified six others that have been implicated in helping run the criminal network.
