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SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 - The incident seemed alarming enough: a breach of a Cisco Systems network in which an intruder seized programming instructions for many of the computers that control the flow of the Internet. Now federal officials and computer security investigators have acknowledged that the Cisco break-in last year was only part of a more extensive operation - involving a single intruder or a small band, apparently based in Europe - in which thousands of computer systems were similarly penetrated. Investigators in the United States and Europe say they have spent almost a year pursuing the case involving...

Note: The following text is a quote: Swedish National Charged with Hacking and Theft of Trade Secrets Related to Alleged Computer Intrusions at NASA and Cisco Philip Gabriel Pettersson, aka "Stakkato," 21, a Swedish national, was indicted today on intrusion and trade secret theft charges. The five-count indictment includes one intrusion count and two trade secret misappropriation counts involving Cisco Systems Inc. (Cisco), of San Jose, Calif., which is a provider of computer network equipment and producer of Internet routers. According to the allegations in the indictment Pettersson intentionally committed an intrusion between May 12, 2004, and May 13, 2004,...

One day later, not much changed at the Memorial. Carl Pettersson had a one-shot lead, storm clouds gathered and players trudged off Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, knowing they would have to resume the third round at the crack of dawn.But yesterday was far from an ordinary day.Two players who had been disqualified Friday evening for leaving the course before play was suspended were allowed back into the tournament when officials decided they were given bad information.Jay Haas, the 52-year-old Senior PGA champion, played 33 holes because of the rain delays, tying a PGA Tour record by making his 590th...