Alleged hacker of U.S., Interpol sites charged

A two-year investigation involving French and U.S. authorities has led to the arrest in Greece of an 18-year-old who is alleged to have hacked into U.S. government websites and Interpol.

The man, who was located Wednesday and whose name was not released, is also accused of participating in credit card fraud.

Investigators are trying to determine if he has links to militant groups that have bombed Greek banks and government agencies.

A police raid on the man's home in Athens resulted in the seizure of computers and related equipment, flares, shotgun cartridges and a homemade incendiary device. Also recovered were 130 fake credit cards, and thousands of dollars in cash in a hollowed-out book, police said.

The suspect has been charged with computer fraud, forgery, illegal violation of privacy, and illegal weapons possession following the alleged cyberattacks in 2008 and 2009. 

The attacks have been linked to the use of botnets, networks of computers carrying malicious software.

The names of the specific websites of the U.S. government and Interpol, the world's largest international police organization, that were allegedly hacked weren't released.