Hong Kong police say they've arrested stock exchange hacker

22.08.2011
Hong Kong police have arrested a local man in connection with an .

The Hong Kong Exchange was forced to suspend some trading nearly two weeks ago after an attack prevented companies from publishing financial news on the website.

The half-day shutdown halted trading for eight companies that had announced results that day, including HSBC, Cathay Pacific, and Dah Sing Bank.

Computers were attacked again on the following day, although that attack was thwarted,

On Saturday, the Hong Kong Police Force said it had arrested a 29-year-old suspect in the Kwun Tong district two days earlier, seizing computers, mobile phones and digital storage devices in the raid.

The man faces one count of access to computer with dishonest or criminal intent, the police said in a statement. He is due to appear in court on Wednesday.