[ISN] Hacker Sentenced to Federal Prison

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Date: Fri Jun 13 2003 - 01:34:26 PDT

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    http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2003/jun/12/061200998.html
    
    June 12, 2003 
    
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - An 18-year-old hacker who breached computers
    at Sandia National Laboratories and posted an anti-Israeli message on
    the Eglin Air Force Base Web site was sentenced Thursday to a year and
    a day in federal prison.
    
    Adil Yahya Zakaria Shakour also was ordered to pay $88,253 in
    restitution, and his computer use was restricted during the three
    years he will spend under supervised release after his prison term.
    
    Shakour, a Pakistani national who lives in Los Angeles, pleaded guilty
    in March to computer and credit card fraud charges.
    
    Shakour penetrated the Florida air base's computer server repeatedly
    in April and May 2002, altering the Web page to denounce the Israeli
    advance into Palestine.
    
    Damage to the air base computer system was estimated at $75,000, while
    more than $2,700 in damage was done to the Sandia Laboratories Web
    site in Livermore.
    
    Shakour also hacked two other computer systems, including Mathews,
    N.C.-based Cheaptaxforms.com, where he obtained credit card
    information and bought more than $7,000 worth of items.
    
    
    
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