Report: An infamous international computer hacker Farid Essebar has been arrested on Tuesday in Thailand, at the request of Swiss authorities.
Essebar, also known as Diabl0, 27 year old, who has dual Morocco-Russia nationality, was detained in Bangkok, according to the local news report.
He has been arrested on suspicion of taking part in a cyber crime which involves cracking banking systems and hacking online banking websites. The breach was resulted in damage of $4 billion to customers in Europe in 2011.
Thailand will send the suspect to Switzerland within next 90 days. Police are reportedly searching for two other gang members who involved in the breach.
This is not the first time he is being arrested. In 2006, he was sentenced to two years in prison. He was accused of spreading Zotob computer worm. CNN, ABC News, United Parcel service, NY Times and US Depart. of Homeland Security were among those affected by this worm
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Black Hat hacker Farid Essebar arrested in Thailand
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