Heartbleed hack case sees first arrest

April 17, 2014 02:23

A 19-year-old Canadian became the first person to be arrested in relation to the Heartbleed security breach. Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes from London, Ontario was accused of hacking into the Canadian Revenue Agency's website last Friday by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

Police say Mr Solis-Reyes then stole 900 social insurance numbers. The Heartbleed security scare, which also struck the UK social network Mumsnet, erupted last week.

"It is believed that [Mr] Solis-Reyes was able to extract private information held by CRA by exploiting the vulnerability known as the Heartbleed bug," the RCMP said in a statement.

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