The Spanish police force stops the author of a virus for mobiles 2007-06-25
The Spanish police force stated Saturday last to have stopped a 28 year old man suspecté to have created and have diffused a virus which has affected more than 115.000 wandering telephones.
The challenged individual from now on is held in the town of Valence following an investigation which will have lasted not less than seven months, indicated the Spanish authorities in an official statement relayed by AFP. The police force in addition declared that it is about the first arrest of a data-processing creator of virus targeting the mobile telephones in Spain.
This malintentionnée person admitted having written a score of alternatives of the viruses Cabir and Commwarrior with the intention to install them on mobile telephones. These worms would have touched 115.000 top-of-the-range wandering compounds equipped with the operating system Symbian.
They more precisely targeted the aircraft equipped with Bluetooth technology and were disguised in the form of messages containing of the erotic images, sporting information or the offers of antivirus software. One of the indices having made it possible the authorities to discover the suspect is the recurring presence of the name “Leslie” suspected of being the first name of its promised in marriage.
This attack will have caused million euros of damage, at the same time for the holders of the mobile telephones like for the mobile suppliers of services, declared the police force Spanish.
