29 June 2006

Police arrest suspected virus writers

The Metropolitan Police, acting in conjunction with Finnish law-enforcement authorities, arrested three suspected virus writers on Tuesday.

Police arrest suspected virus writers The Metropolitan Computer Crime Unit, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI Finland) and the Finnish Pori Police Department collaborated to arrest the men, who are all suspected of being members of the M00P (M - zero - zero - P) cybercriminal gang.

A number of computers have been seized at residential addresses in England, Scotland and Finland, in addition to the suspects' servers, the Met said.

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