RI hacker nabbed

RI hacker nabbed

SINGAPORE (DPA): An Indonesian youth who hacked into the computer server of a Singapore research and development institute while studying in Australia was arrested on coming to the city- state to study, it was reported on Saturday.

The 15-year-old boy, who was released on 10,000 Singapore dollars (US$7,000) bail, was nabbed at his relative's apartment and his new computer seized, The Straits Times said.

Police said the student hacked into the server at the Data Storage Institute when he was in Australia during March and April. The boy learned from an Internet chatroom that the institute's network was vulnerable and could be hacked into easily, they said.

He continued hacking into the system after arriving in Singapore to study English and mathematics and was tracked down by the police Computer Crime Branch.