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from: The Courtyard@813xxxxxxxEXTxx
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item: 9
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subj: 3 teen "wizards" arrested
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from: Hannibal Lecter (Poopiescmoo of FuKU)
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on : Sat 7-Nov-1992 3:19p
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Brooksvile--One boy recently won his school's "pride" award <-- AJAX
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Another is a top student who has already earned a college scholorship.
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And a third is a 15 year old high school student.
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Together, police say, the three Hernando County youths tapped into
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private telephone systems and became part of a nationwide computer hacking
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network responsible for bills that in one case reached $36,000.
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The calls went out to the United Kingdom, Germany, CANADA and many
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other destinations. It took officials for the Secret Service, three
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communications companies, and state and country investigators to track the
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case to the youths.
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"Were expecting close to 20 additional victims, based on the
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information recieved from telephone carriers." says Captain Rich Nugent.
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Arrested Thursday night were Brian McGrogan, 16, Edmund Padgett, 17,
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who were charged as adults, and the 15 year old Brooksville boy.
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Nugent said that the sherriff's office learned of the fraud when the
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operator of a local computer company bulletin board operator complained he was
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the victim of a computer virus that was downloaded to his system.
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"Then we started receiving information from Southern Bell, At&t, and
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MCI; we learned that Hernando Health Care had been the victim of $36,000 in
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long distance charges: from August to November, Nugent said. (Nugent huh!)
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Ivestigators from the communications companies, the Florida Department of
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Law enforcement and the Secret Service pooled for information and expertise
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with the Hernando detectives to track the phone charges to the three youths.
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Amoung other victims of the alleged fraud were SunBank; Sprint;
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Encore, a Texas telecommunications company; and CBI Equifax of Atlanta,
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according to officials. (How could CBI be a victim of telephone fraud?? Are
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these just places that were called? C'mon now really!! I dont think these
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guys lost SHIT!)
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McGrogan (AJAX) and Padgett were charged with organized fraud and the violation
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of intellectual property, felony charges punishable by up to 30 years in
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prison for both, said assistant State Attorney Don Scaglione. They were
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released late Friday night on their own recognizance.
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The Juvenile was charged with Grand theft, offenses against against
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intellectual property and offenses against computer equipmant or supplies,
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according to the sherrifs news release. (???)
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Investigators from NEW YORK and Virginia also used information from the
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local case to arrest seven others, the Sherrif's Office says. (Did someone
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NARK??)
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Those arrested in Florida, New York, and Virginia, allegedly belonged to
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a loose network of hackers who obtain computer data and access information
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illegally, Nugent Said.
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"These kids do it like a hobby," he said. "To them, it's veruy exciting.
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The break security systems and get access to things nobody else can access.
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They enjoy it. They spend most of their time hacking away at their computers.
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To them there's a thrill to it, a rush to it."
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McGrogan (AJAX), a 10th grader at Springstead High School, won thre school's
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pride award because he raised is geometry grade from an F to an A. Mrs
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McGrogan said she had bought Brian (AJAX LAME) his first computer when he was 10. He
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owned an $800 used computer, a $300 printer, and a $10 modem (?! 10?!) she
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said. All the teenagers computer equipment was confiscated by deputies.
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The rest is parent sob stories...
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Now you see hwat happens when you are cool like Ajax and insist on using
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things straight from home...real winner here..set an example for all.
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_______________________
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| ][annibal Lecter |
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