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Taken from: Chicago Sun-Times
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July 18, 1985
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HACKER 'THIEVES'
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Teens' computer cheating probed
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SOUTH PLAINFIELD,N.J.- Several teenage
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computer buffs called around the world
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for free, used other people's credit
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cards and forced the Pentagon and a
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telephone company to check for security
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breaches, authorities said yesterday.
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They said they were plowing through
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information the youths stored and
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checking whether any of the 630 people
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nationwide whose names have been found
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were involved in illegal behavior.
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In the meantime, the seven have been
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charged with juvenille delinquency in a
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conspiracy to gain access to computers
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without proper authorization. Their
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equipment was confiscated, but they
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were allowed to stay in the custody of
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their parents.
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The case was cracked by Patrolman
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Michael Grennier, a computer buff who
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spent 150 hours at his keyboard with
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South Plainfield Detective George Green
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to track down the youthful hackers.
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Green described them as inquisitive
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teens from normal, everyday families.
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Of the 630 people whose names were
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found, he said, "90 percent probably
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didn't do anything illegal."
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"Most of the parents do not know
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that their son is actually doing this;
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they are intimidated by the system
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and they're just letting their son go
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on with whatever he's doing," Grennier
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said."I suggest that parents get more
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involved with their sons' computers."
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Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor
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Frank Graves said flatly of the seven
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hackers: "They're just a bunch of
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little kids who have computers-and
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they're thieves."
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Green said the youths were exchanging
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information on a computer bulletin
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board that contained information on
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false credit card numbers, instructions
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for making a letter bomb and directions
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for making devices that trick the
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telephone company into charging calls
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to other parties.
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Grennier said the youths somehow
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gained access to AT&T manuals that he
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described as corporate secrets. The
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information allowed them to make free
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overseas calls using a satellite, he
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said.
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Green said there is evidence the
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youths got into the computer system of
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a credit rating company and a medical
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library that should have been limited
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to subscribers.
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Green said two youths have admitted
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the telephone and credit card charges.
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He said police know the two received a
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car speaker stereo system, a radar
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detector and magazine subscriptions and
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they suspect that thousands of dollars
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worth of goods and services were
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obtained free.
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Prosecutors said yesterday the youths
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had access to the private numbers of
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Defense Department officials,including
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top generals, and Prosector Allan
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Rockoff said their activities included
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"changing the position of satellites."
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But Graves said later Rockoff was
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referring to the fact that when phone
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calls are relayed by satellites, parts
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must move to make the transmission.
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"There is absolutely no way computer
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hackers can interrupt or move
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satellites,"said Neal Norman,district
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manager of corporate security for AT&T
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Communications.
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The Pentagon also said there was no
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penetration of its computers.
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