Sumitomo Mitsui 'hackers' go on trial

A court heard yesterday that a group of hi-tech thieves, who attempted to steal £229 million from Sumitomo Mitsui bank, failed because they incorrectly filled out the fields in the money transfer software, says Computing.co.uk.

A security supervisor at the bank, Kevin O'Dohoghue, is accused of smuggling in two Belgian men, Jan Van Osselaer and Gilles Poelvoorde, under the guise of a poker game, Snaresbrook Crown Court was told.

The alleged hackers then installed keylogging software on the bank's systems, according to Simon Farrell QC, for the prosecution.

The UK's communications minister is expected to publish interim findings on the UK's digital economy, says The BBC.

The Digital Britain report examines a range of issues affecting Internet users, such as security and safety and "promoting content standards".

Culture secretary Andy Burnham has said the government was looking at regulating the Internet to "even up" the imbalance with television.

Two Japanese companies have introduced a security robot that can be commanded from a mobile phone to hurl a net that traps suspected intruders, says The BBC.

The prototype T-34 was developed jointly by robot firm Tmsuk and security firm Alacom.

It moves at up to 10km/h, and can be controlled by someone seeing real-time images on a mobile phone.

Gary McKinnon, the man accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest military hack of all time", has won the right to a judicial review of a Home Office decision to extradite him to the US, says CNet.

Lord Justice Maurice Kay made the ruling at the High Court, in London, on Friday. The Home Office had refused to halt the extradition proceedings, despite McKinnon having been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a condition on the autistic spectrum.

McKinnon's solicitor, Karen Todner, told ZDNet UK on Friday that she was "very pleased" about the High Court decision.