The police in Dijon (France ) reported the arrest of 22 young people who are suspected of belonging to a known group of hackers, sooschaet The Register.
According to the French daily newspaper Le Monde, sixteen of them - minors, at least, the youngest of them was barely 14 years old and the oldest is only 25. The suspects were arrested yesterday by police raid, which took place near Paris, as well as in southern and central France.
' The detainees are suspected of hacking into 34 Web sites of major companies based in France, Iceland and Russia with the intention of causing serious harm ... According to police, the raid began at a time when juvenile offenders were discussing on the discussion forums they have created exploits. According to Mr. Alachchi, the case will be reviewed by hackers in early June.
If convicted, the boys faces two years in prison and a fine of 30,000 euros for illegal entry into computer systems. If the prosecution can prove that the alleged perpetrators were able to corrupt a database of affected companies, they face five years imprisonment and a much larger penalty.
It is worth noting that 2008 can safely be called the year to combat cybercrime. Only in the last month have been found in at least two major groups: the beginning of May the trial of hackers who broke into the order of News Corp satellite competitors, and ten days later detained five activists of the criminal group D. O. M. Team, who are suspected of hacking into NASA site. But the most major operation took place in February, while in Spain, was arrested 76 Internet fraudsters, among whom were citizens of Ukraine and Russia.
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