Sunday 5 February 2017

Two arrested in London over hacking of US cctv systems days before President Trump’s inauguration took place


Detectives have arrested two people in London on suspicion of hacking Washington's CCTV system ahead of President Donald Trump's inauguration.
The home of a British man, aged 50, and a Swedish woman, also 50, was raided in Streatham, south London on January 19.
It comes as storage devices which record data from police surveillance cameras in the American capital were allegedly compromised between January 12 and 15.
 
Hackers disabled 123 of 187 security cameras in Washington, starting a major security incident.
It is believed the first cyber attack could have been a dry run with another potentially planned during the presidential handover.Donald Trump

CCTV security was hacked days before the inauguration Credit: AP/AP
The National Crime Agency said: "Enquiries are ongoing and we are unable to provide further information at this time."
The couple have been bailed until April. Neighbours of the man and woman arrested said they keep themselves to themselves.
Police cars and officers raided the residential road at around 5.30pm. A woman who lives near the raided house, said: "My sister had just come back from work and saw a couple of police cars around 5.30pm.
"Then later more cars turned up and we could see the blue lights filling the whole house.
"They keep themselves to themselves.
"This is a quiet street and there never any trouble round here."
Another neighbour, who did not want to be named, said: "I saw a lot of police arrive a few weeks ago.
"I don't know what it was about, but I saw them go in the house.
"I've spoken to the guy a few times, he seems really nice and we often have a chat in the street."

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