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Kiwi police looking for Russian computer hacker


A Russian computer hacker is selling account details of millions of Facebook users - he may be hiding in New Zealand.

Police are hunting a Russian computer hacker who may have set up shop in New Zealand, selling the account details of millions of Facebook users.



Detectives from the National Cyber Crime Centre are investigating whether the hacker Kirllos is using New Zealand as a base.



He's offering to sell Facebook user names and passwords on an underground hacker forum.








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