[ISN] London police quiz suspected US DoE cracker

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Date: Thu Jul 10 2003 - 23:32:51 PDT

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    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31674.html
    
    By John Leyden
    Posted: 10/07/2003 
    
    An 18 year-old Londoner suspected of commandering US Department of 
    Energy computers to store illicitly obtained music and video files was 
    arrested and questioned by police yesterday. 
    
    Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Computer Crimes Unit were 
    asked to investigate unauthorised access to 17 unclassified computers 
    at a US Department of Energy research laboratory in Botavia, Illinois 
    during June 2002 when the trail of the attacker led back to the UK. 
    
    Evidence led police to arrest a 18 year-old from the Woodford Green 
    area of London yesterday. The teenager, who can't be named for legal 
    reasons, was released on police bail until mid-August pending further 
    enquiries, including a forensic examination of a PC seized from his 
    home. 
    
    A Metropolitan Police officer told The Register that police are 
    working on the belief that no sensitive information was seized during 
    the June 2002 attack on the US DoE's network. 
    
    However enquiries into the attack continue, and police are keeping an 
    open mind. Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Computer Crimes 
    Unit are been assisted in their enquiries by representatives from the 
    Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Energy. 
    
    
    
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