The ongoing search for an anonymous hacker who has threatened Japanese schools and cities online took an unexpected twist today after police found a digital memory card containing email riddles from the person, attached to a cat's collar.
Investigators first learned of the feline's whereabouts after the hacker sent emails to Japanese media outlets, also claiming details of a computer virus. They found the cat, wearing a pink collar on the island of Enoshima, just outside Tokyo.
The discovery might give police the big break they have been looking for in a case that has haunted them for months. The National Police Agency said surveillance cameras on the tiny island captured men taking photos of the collared cat and other cats on the island, leading them to believe one of them might be the person responsible, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.
The self-described hacker first surfaced six months ago, breaking into the Yokohama city website to post a threatening
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