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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:36:54 -0500
Washington, DC -- Two Romanian nationals have been arrested and charged with
hacking into approximately 123 computers that control outdoor surveillance
cameras for the *DC Metropolitan Police Department* in connection with a
Ransomware scheme just before Donald Trump's inauguration last January.
According to documents recently unsealed, Mihai Alexandru Isvanca, 25, and
Eveline Cismaru, 28, of Romania, were arrested on Dec. 15, at the airport in
Bucharest, Romania. Both have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire
fraud and conspiracy to commit various forms of computer fraud. Isvanca
remains in custody in Romania and Cismaru is on house arrest there pending
further legal proceedings. ``This case was of the highest priority due to
its impact on the Secret Service's protective mission and its potential
effect on the security plan for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration,'' the
*U.S. Attorney's Office* in DC said in a statement. All surveillance
cameras were restored prior to the inauguration.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two-romanian-suspects-charged-hacking-metropolitan-police-department-surveillance-cameras
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