{"id":341616,"date":"2017-12-29T23:21:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T22:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/2-romanians-held-over-hacked-washington-dc-police-cameras-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T23:21:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T22:21:50","slug":"2-romanians-held-over-hacked-washington-dc-police-cameras-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/2-romanians-held-over-hacked-washington-dc-police-cameras-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Romanians held over hacked Washington DC police cameras \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.12\/thumbnail\/5a469405fc7e93227c8b4567.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 29 Dec, 2017 20:42 <\/time><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Edited time: 29 Dec, 2017 20:45 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Two Romanian nationals have been charged with hacking police computers linked to surveillance cameras in Washington, DC after US prosecutors uncovered evidence of a suspected ransomware plot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>Some 123 of the city\u2019s 187 outdoor surveillance cameras were accessed in the hack which took place between January 9-12, just days before the inauguration of president Donald Trump on January 20. The accused, Mihai Alexandru Iscanva, 25, and Eveline Cismaru, 28, were arrested at Bucharest Otopeni airport December 15.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/413804-gchq-hacking-tools-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: UK spies boast \u2018over-achievement\u2019 in developing arsenal of hacking tools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis case was of the highest priority due to its impact on the Secret Service\u2019s protective mission and its potential effect on the security plan for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration,\u201d<\/em> the Justice Department said in a statement cited by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ believe the accused intended to use the computers to send ransomware to more than 179,000 email addresses and extort money from victims. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/press-release\/file\/1021186\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">affidavit<\/a> filed by US Secret Service agent James Graham outlines how investigators \u00a0identified two types of <em>\u201cmalicious computer code\u201d<\/em> on police computers, one known as <em>\u201ccerber\u201d<\/em> and the other known as <em>\u201cdharma.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>US officials say they linked email accounts accessed on the compromised computers to Isvanca and Cismaru. The pair are accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/414241-north-korean-wannacry-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: \u2018Show us the evidence\u2019: N. Korea invites US to prove Pyongyang\u2019s WannaCry connection<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ransomware is a type of malicious software that threatens to publish the victim&#8217;s data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid. There were a number of high-profile ransomware attacks in 2017, most notably the WannaCry attack which targeted more than 300,000 computers across 150 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/414591-romanian-hackers-arrested-ransomware\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 29 Dec, 2017 20:42 Edited time: 29 Dec, 2017 20:45 Two Romanian nationals have been charged with hacking police computers linked to surveillance cameras in Washington, DC after US prosecutors uncovered evidence of a suspected ransomware plot. 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