http://www.lititzrecord.com/pages/news/local/4/22302 By Michael Yoder - Record Express Staff Lititz Record Express Apr 27, 2006 LITITZ, PA - A Lancaster man has been charged with illegally logging into the county's web-based computer assisted dispatch program while working at a local agricultural firm. Duane Kline, of Lancaster, was charged on April 20 with the unlawful use of a computer and other computer crimes by using the East Hempfield Township Police Department's login and password to access the Lancaster County-Wide Communications World Wide Web based Computer Assisted Dispatch site. Kline, who is an employee of Northeast Agri Systems, 139A W. Airport Rd., Lititz, is accused of logging into the computer system on 161 separate occasions between June 27 and Nov. 7, 2005. He is accused of gaining information on restricted police intelligence and investigative information he did not have access to see and also disseminating portions of the information verbally. According to the affidavit filed in Manheim Township, Lancaster County Detective Peter J. Savage Jr. investigated an anonymous tip received in February that Kline was logging into the computer system on his computer at Northeast Agri Systems and sharing privileged information with friends. Savage was able to determine that Kline did access the computer system though Northeast's Internet protocol address and was logging into the system using the East Hempfield Township Police Department password. Kline is a lieutenant with the West Hempfield Fire and Rescue Company. On March 15 Savage interviewed Kline and asked him about accessing the site. According to the affidavit, Kline admitted logging into the restricted site. He said initially he would log in for curiosity, but later he admitted running names in the system to look for background information. Kline admitted running the name in the system of an ex-employee at Northeast Agri Systems after the individual was fired from the company. _________________________________ InfoSec News v2.0 - Coming Soon! http://www.infosecnews.org
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