[Humour] FBI Unable to Crack Hacker Code

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

[This one goes out to our friends and fans over at the NIPC!  -WK]

http://bbspot.com/News/2000/8/l33t_code.html

Tuesday August 15 7:08 PM EDT

Washington D.C. - The computer hackers known as the l33t h4x0rs have
escaped capture from the FBI by using what may be the most
sophisticated encryption technology yet developed.  FBI investigators
have brought in the NSA and their group of cryptography experts to try
to uncover the secrets of the l33t h4x0rs.

The l33t h4x0rs are wanted in connection with the defacement of a fan
site for the 80's rock band Nelson and a Dukes of Hazzard tribute
site. "The sites were hacked beyond recognition. It appears they have
set up the Dukes of Hazzard site as some type of home base," said FBI
agent Dwayne Johnson, "Until their code is cracked, these menaces will
remain on the street and no site will be safe from their hacking
skills."

NSA codebreaker John McClane said, "We've never seen a code quite this
intricate.  The mixture of numbers, letters and symbols make this very
difficult to crack.  These guys are using some complex algorithms,
possibly developed by the Israelis or Russians."

Here is a small sample of what they are trying to decode:

w3 ar3 l33t h4x0rs.  J00 FB1 guy5 w1ll n3v3r c4+ch u5.  J00 ar3 n0+
k3w1 3n0ugh.  0ur h4x0r1ng w1ll d35troy j00. pH34r u5.

"We've gotten really close to nabbing these guys several times," said
Agent Johnson, "but each time they've eluded our grasp, either by
using their secret code to cover their tracks, or by posting notices
on their sites such as 'If you are a member of a government agency you
must leave now.' These guys are clever."


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