p2pnet.net News:- British police have arrested a man in connection with source code stolen from Cisco Systems.

The Metro police computer crime unit, “searched residences in Manchester and Derbyshire, England, on Sept. 3., confiscated computer equipment and arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of committing ‘hacking offenses‘ under that country’s Computer Misuse Act of 1990,” says COMPUTERWORLD, going on:

“While authorities couldn’t discuss the specifics of the case, the arrest was linked to the Cisco source code, according to Julie Prinsep, a Yard spokeswoman.”

Rumours that Cisco’s 12.3, 12.3t IOS had been hacked and that the code was available started circulating in May.

The man turned himself in to police after the raids and that the confiscated equipment will be analysed by computer forensic experts before formal charges are issued, says Reuters.

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See:-

hacking offenses - Arrest made in Cisco source code theft, COMPUTERWORLD, September 20, 2004

available - Cisco IOS source code stolen?, p2pnet, May 17, 2004

formal charges - UK man arrested for stealing Cisco source code, Reuters, September 20, 2004

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