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Nevertheless, the case of Datastream Cowboy and Kuji remains one of the
most notorious in American cyber history. The two young men are living
this down in different ways. Pryce's computer was confiscated, to his
initial dismay. "After I had my computer taken away it was quite
difficult because I had been doing it every night for a year," he said.
"If they hadn't caught me, I would have carried on." Now he thinks
hacking was a waste of time and insists he will never do it again. He
does not even own a computer any more.
Bevan, however, has put his notoriety to good use: he is now employed
testing the computer security of private companies.
Targeting the pentagon
United States defence computers have for years been one of the most
coveted targets for hacking addicts inspired by the film War Games,
which showed a boy cracking an American defence network and nearly
starting the third world war.
One of the pioneers of this craze was Kevin Mitnick, who repeatedly
hacked into Pentagon computers in the mid-1980s. He was jailed in 1989
but continued his exploits on his release and was arrested again after
a two-year hunt by the FBI. The number of cyber attacks on the Pentagon
is estimated by Washington officials as 250,000 annually, but the
incidents the public hears about are only the few where hackers get
caught. In 1996 six Danes who hacked into Pentagon computers were given
sentences of up to three months. The same year, special agents tracked
down three teenage hackers in Croatia who had also succeeded in
penetrating Pentagon computers.
They were never identified or charged, however, as there is no law
against computer hacking in Croatia. Last month there was a spectacular
example of the hackers' work when American defence officials revealed
that the Pentagon computer network had been subjected to a relentless
two-month attack. CIA agents were reportedly anxious that the hackers
might be the agents of Saddam Hussein.
FBI agents blamed a secret convention of hackers believed to be held in
New York. A few days ago, the real culprit gave himself up. Ehud
Tenenbaum, an Israeli teenager who dubbed himself The Analyser, had
worked with two young hackers in California. Under house arrest in Tel
Aviv, he said the attacks were not malicious. He had concentrated on
American government sites because he hated organisations. "Chaos, I
think it is a nice idea," he said.
Copyright 1998, Sunday Times - London. All rights reserved.
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