This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mimeat_private for more info. --------------64436A429E Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.981223201423.21091Tat_private> http://www.adn.com:80/stories/T98121706.html Thursday, December 17, 1998 Airman accused of being hacker Anchorage Daily News By NATALIE PHILLIPS Daily News reporter An Elmendorf airman was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges that he hacked into two U.S. Air Force computers at the base. A hacker was detected on Nov. 12 by what the Air Force calls an "intrusion detection system." The system immediately alerted the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team. An emergency team analyst then monitored the hacking as it occurred, according to the indictment. "The analyst notified personnel at Elmendorf, who verified the attack as an unauthorized intrusion," according to the indictment. Using a "numeric identifier" assigned to every computer that logs onto the Internet, law officials were able to trace the "attack" to a local Internet service provider and eventually to the home computer of Airman 1st Class Michael Scott Moody. Moody was indicted on one count of unauthorized access to a computer and one count of interception of wire or electronic communications. Moody will be served with a summons to appear in court sometime in mid-January. If found guilty of the offenses, Moody faces up to six years in prison and fines up to $350,000, Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Cooper said. Moody could not be reached for comment. Cooper would not identify what kind of information the suspect was looking at on the Elmendorf computers. "It is very difficult to catch these folks," Cooper said. "They are very bright, able people, and one of the techniques they use is deleting their footprints." The software the hacker used to break into the military's computers can easily be found on the Internet, he added. Internet service providers usually control a range of several hundred to thousands of numeric identifiers, which they assign to customers. Once law officials determined that the hacker subscribed to Absolute Internet in Anchorage, they obtained the equivalent of a search warrant to search the business's records to find the hacker. "It is the first time in our history we have given out user information to anyone," said Jay Burns, general manager at Absolute Internet. "Privacy is paramount to us. We required the federal warrant." Burns said Absolute Internet immediately cut off Moody's account. "He is no longer a customer," Burns said. "Clearly all of our users are subject to state and federal laws." * Reporter Natalie Phillips can be reached at nphillipsat_private --------------64436A429E-- -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Internet Security Institute [www.isi-sec.com]
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