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Pakistani cracker arrested in a "cracking-for-ransom" case

Friday, 15 December 2006

For the first time in Pakistan, the responsible in a "cracking-for-ransom" case was arrested by authorities

This was the announce made by The Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) last week and immediately reported by the Daily Times of Pakistan.As a FIA agent declared, authorities arrested a man named Waqas Abrar for hacking into e-mail systems of the Center for Development and Peace Initiative (CDPI).

Once he got the access to a account, Abrar changed its passwords in order to prevent other accesses to the data and demanded over 40,000 Pakistani Rupees as a ransom to restore the access.

Abar is a 23 years old living in Islamabad where he was arrested in an Internet cafè.
Police firmly believe that this is not his first experience as cyber criminal, indeed according to the FIA, he is suspected of installing spying software on systems in internet cafes in Islamabad and was planning to hack 20 more email accounts for similar ransom amounts, according to press reports.

If convicted he will face up to 7 years in prison and a 1-million-rupee fine.

The progressive improvement in developing countries of the legal frameworks addressing cyber-threats will bring about many more arrests similar to the Pakistani case:
cyber crime laws are very divergent across the globe and as the cyber crime expert Jody Westby, CEO of Global Cyber Risk said, "It has been an issue from the beginning, knowing that we have 220 countries connected to the internet and 200 of them are developing countries without the right legal frameworks in place. The problem is, if they don't have adequate cybercrime laws, it is very difficult to make arrests and prosecute these cases."

In these days Pakistani government is dealing with a new law to fight cyber crime and online illicit activities, and as Pakistani authorities declared during last week press conference "We are fighting a new breed of cybercriminal and more effective laws and strict measures are required to safeguard the internet and computer users against hacking.”

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