*** Argentine says he hacked into Pentagon computers An Argentine hacker who cracked Pentagon computers pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges of theft. Julio Cesar Ardita, 23, voluntarily came to the U.S. from his home in Buenos Aires as part of a plea bargain, prosecutors said. Under the present U.S.-Argentina treaty, Ardita could not be extradited on charges he unlawfully intercepted electronic communications and damaged files. Pentagon officials realized during the summer of 1995 there were a number of hacks into a number of military computer systems containing sensitive information about government research on satellites, radiation and energy. They traced the activity to a computer at Harvard University. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2554235676-962 -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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