Dutch Developer Added Backdoor To Websites He Built, Phished Over 20,000 Users (bleepingcomputer.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: A Dutch developer illegally accessed the accounts of over 20,000 users after he allegedly collected their login information via backdoors installed on websites he built. According to an official statement, Dutch police officials are now in the process of notifying these victims about the crook's actions. The hacker, yet to be named by Dutch authorities, was arrested on July 11, 2016, at a hotel in Zwolle, the Netherlands, and police proceeded to raid two houses the crook owned, in Leeuwarden and Sneek. According to Dutch police, the 35-years-old suspect was hired to build e-commerce sites for various companies. After doing his job, the developer also left backdoors in those websites, which he used to install various scripts that allowed him to collect information on the site's users. Police say that it's impossible to determine the full breadth of his hacking campaign, but evidence found on his laptop revealed he gained access to over 20,000 email accounts. Authorities say the hacker used his access to these accounts to read people's private email conversations, access their social media profiles, sign-up for gambling sites with the victim's credentials, and access online shopping sites to make purchases for himself using the victim's funds.

Comments

Re:Why not name him?

[Holi]

Wow, what's the recidivism rate in Europe compared to America? Yet you seem to think there system is worse then our lock up everyone we don't like policy.

Sorry but an American critiquing anyone else's prison system is the height of hypocrisy.

Re:Why not name him?

[mwvdlee]

Because you want to be able to punish ex-criminals after he has received his punishment according to the law?
If a criminal is released from prison, it should be assumed he won't commit crimes again.
If you assume an ex-prisoner will commit crimes again, your prison system isn't working.