The Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the Head Office of the Prosecutor’s Office of Chişinău thwarted the activity of a hacker, specialised in cybercrime for profit.
The 29-year-old man, using the brute-force method, attempted to get illegal access to the government information system of the Information Technology and Cyber Security Service.
During the criminal investigation, officers searched locations where the hacker had carried out his activities and seized servers, storage boxes, secondary equipment (a generator, 12 professional UPSes, a stabilizer) and 3 desktop computers used to manage the criminal activity.
Since the young man was imposed no measure involving deprivation of liberty, he fled the Republic of Moldova from the Eastern districts, crossing the territory that is not controlled by the constitutional authorities. Currently, he is announced an internationally wanted fugitive in order to find out his exact location and to extradite him to the Republic of Moldova.
The law stipulates a jail term of 3 to 7 years for this crime.
SIS officers and prosecutors continue to carry out the criminal investigation in order to elucidate all the circumstances and identify persons involved in this case.
