By STAFF Writer
November 05, 2011
A Malaysian hacker is sentenced to ten years of imprisonment by US District Judge yesterday who had earlier hacked the sites of US Federal Reserve along with that of some other banks.
The Malaysian national, Lin Mun Poo by name, admitted pleaded guilty on April 13 this year for the hacking of US central bank and several other financial institutions. He even admitted of stealing the bank card and credit card numbers from the banks and institutions.
Lin Mun Poo, 32, had hacked the server of US Federal Reserve and installed there a malicious software code.
In October 2010 the Malaysian citizen traveled to the US to sell off the stolen bank card and credit card numbers, said the prosecutors. The purchaser of the card numbers was an undercover United States agent that got him in trap and was arrested. He held more than 122,000 stolen card numbers with him.
According to the US Justice Department, Lin Mun Poo's "cybercrime activities also extended to the national security sector," which includes the hacking of a Pentagon contractor computer system that provides systems management services to military operations such as military transport.
In a statement the US Attorney Loretta Lynch said, "Today's sentence sends the message to hackers around the world that the United States is no place to conduct their business."
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