UK-US police team hold two over TK worm

LONDON--Two UK men--a 19-year-old electrician and an unemployed 21-year-old--are being interviewed today by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). The move follows the execution of search warrants this morning in County Durham. Two addresses were searched and evidence retrieved relating to computer and drugs offences.

The operation was jointly conducted with officers from Durham Constabulary and the US multi-agency CATCH team (Computer and Technology Crime Hi-Tech Response Team), which is based in Southern California. A simultaneous search warrant was executed at an address in Illinois, where additional evidence in the case was seized. The two UK-based men have been identified as members of an international hacking group known as "THr34t-Krew". Read the full story on ZDNetUK.