Two suspected hackers have been arrested in London by detectives investigating a crippling cyber attack which brought down Washington DC"s CCTV cameras eight days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
The Sun reported that police swooped on a house in Streatham, south London last month after the US government reported 123 of 187 security cameras in Washington went offline, amid fears it may be linked to an attempt on Trump"s life.
Just hours before the 45th President was sworn in, a 50-year-old British man and a Swedish woman, also 50, were detained by the National Crime Agency.
It was believed the cyber attack could have been a dry run for another attempt on January 20, the day of the inauguration.
But Brian Ebert, a Secret Service official, told the Washington Post the safety of the Trump family and the general public had never been in jeopardy.
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