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Thailand arrests infamous hacker wanted by Switzerland [Bizcommunity (South Africa)](Bizcommunity (South Africa) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BANGKOK, THAILAND: An infamous computer hacker has been arrested in Thailand at the request of Switzerland on suspicion of hacking into bank computer systems in Europe. Farid Essebar, who has dual Moroccan-Russian nationality, was detained in Bangkok last week, according to colonel Songsak Raksaksakul of the Department of Special Investigation, Thailand's equivalent of the FBI. "He is wanted under an international arrest warrant for deception and hacking the information technology systems of financial institutions," Songsak told AFP. A Thai court will now decide whether to extradite the 27-year-old suspect to Switzerland, which sought the international warrant. Police are searching for two more Russian suspects from the same gang believed to be in Thailand. In 2006 Essebar was sentenced by a court in Morocco to two years in prison following his arrest at the request of the FBI. Zotob allowed its creators to control infected computers from afar and prevented the machines' owners from accessing anti-virus web sites. The television channels CNN International and ABC News, the New York Times newspaper, computer company Microsoft and San Francisco airport were among those affected. All rights reserved. (c) 2014 Bizcommunity.com Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company |