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As said in the news on camelot-europe.com a spanish hacker is arrested. Here the original news article from
http://www.hoy.es/edicion/prensa/noticias/Badajoz/200312/23/HOY-BAD-008.html
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A hacker falls who copied the source code of a famous game ' hacker' is 25 years old, he lives in San Roque, and he acceded to the data of the users of a program that has subscribers in all Europe REDACCIÓN/BADAJOZ ImprimirEnviar a spectacular transfronteriza police operation has allowed to stop in Badajoz to presumed ' hacker' (hacker) that had managed to deceive the security systems of a popular computer game and to even take control of its source codes and of the data bases of the users, including the numbers of its credit cards. The Superior Headquarters of Police of Extremadura explained yesterday, through the Delegation of the Government, who the investigation began month of August the past, after a hacker managed to accede to the platform that administers one of the more popular computer games by Internet of the moment: ' Dark age of Camelot'. The Police discovered that ' hacker' was satisfied at a first moment to granting administration privileges and including like gratuitous users some friends his. "For being able to play legally, any user must buy CD-Rom and a monthly bond, then receiving the rights of operation of a user name and a key with which to accede to the game". Nevertheless, the incursions of the pirate were more and more important, and the equipment of computer science security of the company that manages the game discovered that during one of the accesses hacker "the complete code had unloaded fuete of the game". Discovered in France Wanadoo-France, company that manages the license of ' Dark age of Camelot' in Europe, put the facts in knowledge of the French Police, and soon it was discovered that the accesses to the security systems of the game were made from Spain. "Through the Interpol, the Brigade of Technological Investigation of the General Police station of Judicial Police had knowledge of these facts, although the evidences were very weak". For this reason, the technicians of Wanadoo-France moved to Spanish territory and managed to center the investigations in the city of Badajoz, advances in which also participated to Wanadoo-Spain and the Brigade of Technological Investigation. New incursions While all this happened, ' hacker' followed made pirate incursions during the month of December, every time serious. The economic breaks and the damage that caused the attacks in the image of Wanadoo-France increased, and finally it was decided to take part the Technological Brigade of the National Body of Police, whose agents moved to Badajoz with the purpose of capturing presumed ' hacker': Raul J. B., of 25 years of age. In the halting they took part police from the Headquarters of Extremadura that lent cover to their Madrilenian companions. Thus it was discovered that the hacker was a boy without police antecedents and that, according to has been able to know this newspaper, lives in the quarter of San Roque. In their address a computer and several CD were found that contained the binary code of the game. Of the study and the analysis of ' logs' contributed by Wanadoo and of the found evidences, it is deduced that ' hacker' managed to introduce in the internal network that is in charge to administer ' to Dark age of Camelot', being obtained the control of an account ' game master' (it counts on administrative powers). Also one has known that it unloaded the binary code of the game, affecting his normal operation, and free acceded to the data bases of users, creating accounts for new players or using other people's credit cards. New haltings The operation continues open, since the Police is investigating the material taken part with the purpose of finding out if the prisoner is member of a group of ' hackers' that would have collaborated in this attack and even shared the obtained benefits.
http://www.hoy.es/edicion/prensa/noticias/Badajoz/200312/23/HOY-BAD-008.html
translated with babblefish
A hacker falls who copied the source code of a famous game ' hacker' is 25 years old, he lives in San Roque, and he acceded to the data of the users of a program that has subscribers in all Europe REDACCIÓN/BADAJOZ ImprimirEnviar a spectacular transfronteriza police operation has allowed to stop in Badajoz to presumed ' hacker' (hacker) that had managed to deceive the security systems of a popular computer game and to even take control of its source codes and of the data bases of the users, including the numbers of its credit cards. The Superior Headquarters of Police of Extremadura explained yesterday, through the Delegation of the Government, who the investigation began month of August the past, after a hacker managed to accede to the platform that administers one of the more popular computer games by Internet of the moment: ' Dark age of Camelot'. The Police discovered that ' hacker' was satisfied at a first moment to granting administration privileges and including like gratuitous users some friends his. "For being able to play legally, any user must buy CD-Rom and a monthly bond, then receiving the rights of operation of a user name and a key with which to accede to the game". Nevertheless, the incursions of the pirate were more and more important, and the equipment of computer science security of the company that manages the game discovered that during one of the accesses hacker "the complete code had unloaded fuete of the game". Discovered in France Wanadoo-France, company that manages the license of ' Dark age of Camelot' in Europe, put the facts in knowledge of the French Police, and soon it was discovered that the accesses to the security systems of the game were made from Spain. "Through the Interpol, the Brigade of Technological Investigation of the General Police station of Judicial Police had knowledge of these facts, although the evidences were very weak". For this reason, the technicians of Wanadoo-France moved to Spanish territory and managed to center the investigations in the city of Badajoz, advances in which also participated to Wanadoo-Spain and the Brigade of Technological Investigation. New incursions While all this happened, ' hacker' followed made pirate incursions during the month of December, every time serious. The economic breaks and the damage that caused the attacks in the image of Wanadoo-France increased, and finally it was decided to take part the Technological Brigade of the National Body of Police, whose agents moved to Badajoz with the purpose of capturing presumed ' hacker': Raul J. B., of 25 years of age. In the halting they took part police from the Headquarters of Extremadura that lent cover to their Madrilenian companions. Thus it was discovered that the hacker was a boy without police antecedents and that, according to has been able to know this newspaper, lives in the quarter of San Roque. In their address a computer and several CD were found that contained the binary code of the game. Of the study and the analysis of ' logs' contributed by Wanadoo and of the found evidences, it is deduced that ' hacker' managed to introduce in the internal network that is in charge to administer ' to Dark age of Camelot', being obtained the control of an account ' game master' (it counts on administrative powers). Also one has known that it unloaded the binary code of the game, affecting his normal operation, and free acceded to the data bases of users, creating accounts for new players or using other people's credit cards. New haltings The operation continues open, since the Police is investigating the material taken part with the purpose of finding out if the prisoner is member of a group of ' hackers' that would have collaborated in this attack and even shared the obtained benefits.