Tokyo Police Arrest Cat-Loving Hacker
Police in Tokyo recently arrested Yusuke Katayama, 30, for allegedly hijacking other people's computers to make online threats, then taunting Japanese media and police with riddles that led them to a memory card strapped to a cat's collar.
"Katayama was arrested on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business for using [a] computer virus to remotely access the computers of others and send out threats through them, including mass murder in a school and on the streets of Osaka," The Asahi Shimbun reports.
"Katayama’s actions led to a huge embarrassment for Japan’s National Police Agency, who were forced to admit obtaining 'confessions' from four individuals across the country who had no idea their computers were compromised, and no connection to the suspect," writes The Japan Daily Press' Adam Westlake.
