article_snippet: (CNN)British law enforcement officers have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of hacking the U.S. Department of Defense and swiping data from a satellite-based system used by the military to communicate with people worldwide, UK authorities said Friday.
article_snippet: This arrest was one of 56 made this week in 20 separate operations conducted by regional organized crime units, Metropolitan Police officers and others.
article_snippet: The others caught range from a family of suspected fraudsters and a 16-year-old believed to be behind hundreds of cyberattacks, according to Britain's National Crime Agency.
article_snippet: Yet This arrest Britain's National Crime Agency was the one that targeted the world's most powerful last June 15.
article_snippet: This included contact information -- including their names, emails and phone numbers -- of about 800 people and info on approximately 34,400 devices, the National Crime Agency reports.
article_snippet: The 23-year-old suspected hacker was not identified by name, with the UK National Crime Agency saying only that The 23-year-old suspected hacker was arrested Wednesday morning in Sutton Coldfield,a  Birmingham suburb in the West Midlands region.
article_snippet: Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), said in the UK government statement that "this arrest underscores DCIS commitment and the joint ongoing efforts among international law enforcement to stop cyber criminals in cyber criminals tracks."
highlights_snippet: The 23-year-old man was one of dozens arrested in similar operations around Britain .
  