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‘Biggest’ global hacking network busted, Pune man held

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Dissent

Neeraj Chauhan of TNN reports:

In what is being termed as the biggest international hacking scandal, possibly involving corporates, associations and big individuals, coordinated raids were conducted by investigative agencies in India, China and Romania, on the basis of intelligence fromFederal Bureau of Investigation about the “organised hacking” happening in three countries and others. In India, the Central Bureau of Investigation conducted raids at four places including Mumbai, Pune and Ghaziabad and arrested the alleged mastermind hacker in India – Amit Vikram Tiwari (31), son of a former army colonel, said sources.

Read more on Times of India.

FirstPost also covers this story and reports that sources say two web sites  that may have been involved were hirehacker.net and anonymiti.com.


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