Computer hacker arrests for compromising the security of U.S. Navy

An alleged &to=http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/362/16374_hacker.html' target=_blank>computer hacker was detained by Spanish police on Monday on suspicion of having compromised the security of a U.S. Navy yard used in the maintenance of nuclear submarines, the Spanish government said.

The alleged hacker used the internet to penetrate a U.S. Defense Department computer in the Point Loma naval base in San Diego, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.