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Teen arrested in Heartbleed attack against Canadian tax site
2014-04-17 13:23:07| InfoWorld: Top News
Canadian police have arrested a 19-year-old man for allegedly using the Heartbleed bug to steal data about taxpayers. Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, of London, Ontario, took advantage of the vulnerability to steal information from the Canada Revenue Agency's website, according to the National Division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They arrested him on Tuesday without incident. Solis-Reyes faces one count of unauthorized use of a computer and one count of "mischief in relation to data."
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