Japan man arrested in bizarre hacking case
The Australian -- Feb 11
Japanese police have arrested a man suspected of being behind a computer hacking campaign following an exhaustive hunt that at one stage had authorities tracking down a cat for clues, reports said.
Yusuke Katayama, 30, was arrested on Sunday on charges of using a remote computer and sending a mass killing threat to a comic book event after months of evading investigators with a series of vexing cyber riddles, according to NHK.
The broadcaster aired footage of detectives escorting a chubby man with glasses into a police station.
Katayama is believed to have sent numerous threats from computers around the country, including against a school and a kindergarten attended by Emperor Akihito's grandchildren.
遠隔操作ウイルス事件で、30歳の男が10日朝に逮捕されました。男は一連の事件で、他人のパソコンを遠隔操作して、その痕跡を消す特殊なソフトを使用して捜査の手を逃れていたとみられています。その結果、4人の無実の人が誤認逮捕されるという問題に発展しました。
Source: The Australian, ANNnewsCH
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