Businessman Arrested for Stock Exchange Attack

First published: 20^th August 2011

A 29-year old businessman has been arrested in Hong Kong in connection with the attacks on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange news site earlier in the month. Computers, mobile devices and storage were seized from his Yuen Long home and the IT company he owns in Kwun Tong.

Referred to as a computer expert, Police said they tracked him down from records on the stock exchange computers after the first attacks. He was arrested for the offence of access to computers with dishonest or criminal intent, but the Police are still investigating the motive and the possibility of accomplices. Police statements on 12th August indicated that they suspected overseas attackers were responsible.

It is usually difficult to determine the origin of DDoS attacks, unless the Command and Control computers can be examined.