The Greek Police have apprehended and arrested an 18 year old hacker suspected of breaking into sites such as Interpol, the FBI, and numbers of US state agencies. The unidentified hacker lives with his mother in a Agios Dimitrios, a district of Athens, had claimed he has broken into the Interpol site once before at the mere age of 15 years old.
The head of Greece's cybercrime squad Manolis Sfakianakis is quoted as saying on NET; "This unnamed hacker has taken many strikes out all over the world from his house" Manolis also states that Interpol is the basic one, next to other US agencies, he carried out these attacks by himself, but has world with others before.
This young hacker went by the handle 'nsplitter' had has put his hands into some serious cyber crime activities such as credit card fraud, and e-banking data through toolbars downloaded by internet users, and generated cloned cards to make unauthorised ATM withdrawals.
Reports indicate the young hacker has been released by Greek Police, pending further investigation.
The AFP newswire, says that, during his arrest on Wednesday, police executed a search warrant on his home and seized almost 8,000 euros, $300, 130 blank cards, laptops, external drives and a router. He used his illegal funds to invest in the stock market.
"If found guilty of all charges, he faces a prison sentence of at least five years".
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