Cybersecurity
U.S. Department of Defense Hacking Suspect Arrested in U.K.
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British police arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of hacking into a U.S. Department of Defense internal communication system.
The attack on the Defense Department’s satellite messaging system on June 15, 2014, resulted in the theft of contact details for 800 employees and unique codes identifying 34,000 mobile devices, the U.K. National Crime Agency said in a statement.