Tuesday, 21. January 2003
Topic: - on January 21, 2003 at 4:27:26 PM CET
New Software Aims to Snare Computer Intruders in Real Time
A suspected crooked insider at a New York software company sells consumer-credit reports to identity thieves, at roughly $30 a pop, in a high-tech scam that prosecutors say victimizes thousands.
An unemployed British computer administrator fights extradition to face federal charges in Virginia and New Jersey that he hacked into 92 separate U.S. military and government networks, often getting past easy-to-guess passwords to download sensitive data.
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