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Hackers become first charged under new law
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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:52:09 -0600
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1124cr05.htm Yomiuri Shimbun A group of three people were arrested Thursday on suspicion of illegally obtaining IDs and passwords and using them to invade Web sites belonging to a university and a tourism association. It is the nation's first bust of a hacker group on suspicion of violating the law on illegally accessing computers. Arrested were Yasuharu Miyamoto, 39, of Hiroshima, Junko Kato, 42, of Nagoya and Shunsuke Oba, 23, of Hachioji, western Tokyo. A joint investigation team comprising the Aichi, Hiroshima, Miyagi and Akita prefectural police headquarters and the Metropolitan Police Department has been investigating allegations of illegal computer access incidents by a group of hackers. Investigators believe that Miyamoto used a personal computer and an ID and a password stolen from a university student to hack into a Web page set up by the student during his university class in the Chugoku region. Police suspect that Kato, a company employee, and Oba, a university student, stole an ID and a password from the manager of a Web site belonging to the Iwahara tourism association in Niigata Prefecture, and accessed the site. The three have reportedly admitted to the charges. In mid-August, Aichi prefectural police received an anonymous e-mail tipping them off to computer hacking. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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