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Alleged hacker 'Mafiaboy' makes bail in Canada
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:16:01 -0600
http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500291829-500462842-503083188-0,00.html MONTREAL (December 19, 2000 10:09 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - A 16-year-old computer whiz accused of hacking into CNN, Yahoo! and Amazon.com's Web sites was released on bail Tuesday after promising the judge he would keep an undisclosed full-time job. The suspect, who cannot be named under Canadian law but is known by his computer nickname Mafiaboy, had been out on bail until police arrested him again on Dec. 1 for violating conditions set by the court. He has pleaded innocent to more than 60 counts of computer hacking and mischief for allegedly crippling the sites by bombarding them with thousands of simultaneous messages, preventing legitimate users from getting through. Prosecutors also allege he broke into several computers, mostly at U.S. universities, and used them to launch the attacks. If convicted, he could spend up to two years in a juvenile detention center. An adult convicted of the same charges would face up to 10 years in prison. After his initial arrest in April, the youth was allowed to live at home under strict conditions that included staying away from computers, attending school and keeping out of trouble. He was taken back into custody for being suspended from school, cutting classes, arguing with teachers and other disciplinary problems. On Tuesday, the youth said he would drop out of school and work full-time. He was released with his full-time employment as a bail condition. The trail was scheduled to begin March 5, and lawyers expect it to last for weeks or even months because of the technical nature of the evidence. The hacking case in February raised concern worldwide about the vulnerability of major Web sites as dependence on the Internet for communication and commerce increases. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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