Hackers intercept FBI calls as U.K.

by akengw70 on 2012-02-04 17:28:24

British officials in the report violated the steam, a US-based game website also provides information on teenage suspects in Britain, aluminum plating. In November, the steam informed its customers that its site had been defaced and accounts may have been compromised, Shantou online promotion. During a telephone conference, an FBI agent told his counterparts about the investigation being conducted by the agent in Baltimore, www.sttaiyuan.com. The call mainly included FBI agents in the US and their counterparts at Scotland Yard in Britain discussing developments in the investigation. "The information is for law enforcement use only and has been obtained illegally," the FBI said. "A criminal investigation is ongoing to identify and prosecute those responsible." British officials on the phone conference discussed efforts to assist the American investigation into the hackers, some of whom are also facing charges in Britain as they described what they characterized as impressive investigative work recovering data from the suspect's hard drive. Twitter feed allegedly from TehWongZ said he suspected his hard drive was in the hands of the FBI, but, "However, I have never been arrested," www.honju.net. The FBI in Washington said criminals hacked into a web crime telephone conference between its agents and overseas law enforcement officers. A spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police said the agency was aware of the intercepted calls and "no operational risk has been identified." The spokesman said the FBI was investigating the matter. The violation embarrassed law enforcement on how to stop cybercrime without borders wrestling. A Twitter account claiming to be associated with Anonymous suggested that the hackers had been monitoring FBI communications for some time. It appears that the discussion by British police did not take the suspect, who used the alias TehWongZ, too seriously, referring to him as a "follower" and "painful to对接." The parent company of Steam did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said the institution's security email or other computer systems were not violated. Instead, it seems that overseas law enforcement officers invited to the FBI call forwarded information to his private email account, which was hacked. It is said that its call to citizens made a series of similar actions as part of law enforcement around the world. The group is a loose association of hackers and activists without a formal structure or membership. The 16-minute call was posted on the Internet last Friday. The collective Anonymous hackers claimed responsibility for the incident, but the FBI did not name the group and stated that a criminal investigation was ongoing. Much of the call consisted of jokes and banter unrelated to the work-related conversation.