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An unnamed 20-year-old Australian man has been charged with infecting more than 3000 computers around the world with a virus designed to capture banking and credit card data. He also allegedly used 74,000 PCs round the world as botnets to launch distributed denial of service attacks ­ if proved, the biggest hacking case ever uncovered in Australia.

The man, whose name will not be released until he appears in an Adelaide court on September 4, has been charged with a number of computer offences that carry prison terms of up to 10 years, said South Australia state police Detective Supt. Jim Jeffery.

The arrest followed a three-month investigation involving state and federal cybercrime teams, including the SA Police electronic crime section and Australian Federal Police.

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