Finnish man collects user credentials off of 300 websites

The unidentified hacker apparently confessed to his actions and police are now analyzing his seized computers.

The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority warned that the suspect might have accessed "usernames and passwords of hundreds of thousands of Finns," mostly from chat forums, adding that the attacks were not aimed at banks, according to the Associated Press.

Researchers at global computer security company F-Secure Corp., which is headquartered in Finland, called the operation one of the biggest hacker attacks in the Nordic country to date and possibly prompted by a desire for the hacker to demonstrate his skills.

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