Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: all4one

Well, it may be a legitimate reason and the situation is resolved.
I don't know.

It could be they were asked to pull it.
I just don't know.


2,334 posted on 01/12/2005 5:48:02 PM PST by Cindy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2330 | View Replies ]


To: Cindy; Godzilla; tmp02; All
Hacker Breaks Into T-Mobile Network, Reads Secret Service E-Mails (1/12/05)

By Ted Bridis The Associated Press Published: Jan 12, 2005 WASHINGTON (AP) - A hacker broke into a wireless carrier's network over at least seven months and read e-mails and personal computer files of hundreds of customers, including the Secret Service agent investigating the hacker, the government said Wednesday.

The hacker obtained an internal Secret Service memorandum and part of a mutual assistance legal treaty from Russia. The documents contained "highly sensitive information pertaining to ongoing ... criminal cases," according to court records.

The break-in targeted the network for Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile USA, which has 16.3 million customers in the United States. It was discovered during a broad Secret Service investigation, "Operation Firewall," which targeted underground hacker organizations known as Shadowcrew, Carderplanet and Darkprofits.

Nicolas Lee Jacobsen, 21, of Santa Ana, Calif., a computer engineer, has been charged with the break-in in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Investigators said they traced the hacker's online activities to a hotel in Williamsport, N.Y., where Jacobsen was staying.....

Link to Full Article

2,335 posted on 01/12/2005 5:51:59 PM PST by all4one (My thoughts and prayers are with our soldiers.....and their families)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2334 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson