http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-lidhb035711927jun03,0,4777299.story By Robert Kessler Newsday.com June 3, 2008 David Brooks, the former head of DHB Industries, apparently tried numerous times to break into the security program monitoring the computer he was allowed to use in home detention, according to a computer expert for the company guarding him. The attempted unsuccessful break-ins occurred even after one of Brooks' attorneys promised the hacking would cease, Vincent Rakoccy, the computer expert for Vance International, testified yesterday at federal court in Central Islip. Rakoccy is one of the witnesses that federal prosecutor Richard Lunger has called to block attempts by Brooks to have the conditions of his home detention eased or even ended. Rakoccy said that if the computer breaks-ins had succeeded, the hacker could defeat the security system installed on the computer and send messages undetected. Brooks, 53, who is charged with looting his former company to support an over-the-top lifestyle, was released to home confinement on a number of conditions, including allowing the security company to monitor the computer and the single telephone in his luxurious Manhattan apartment. Brooks' new team of attorneys, the third since he was arrested in October, have argued that the conditions of home detention are too onerous and that he is not a flight risk. Brooks' attorneys have said that any violations of the home detention are minimal or the result of not understanding its conditions. Mark Rufolo, one of the Brooks' attorneys, said there is no clear evidence that Brooks was the person who attempted to break into the computer. Another witness, Nick Alleva, the manager of Brooks' security detail for Vance, said that the paralegal Brooks had hired is also his girlfriend and she has been at his Manhattan apartment past the midnight curfew. Lunger has said that the situation at Brooks has been so lax that there at times has been "a party atmosphere until 4 a.m." Alleva also said he had to fire one security guard after Brooks offered the guard's father-in-law a job. Alleva also said he had confiscated two portable phones that Brooks had gotten in addition to the monitored desk phone. Brooks could have used the phones to make unmonitored phone calls, Alleva said. The bail hearing is scheduled to continue today before U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert. Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc. _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.com
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