Alleged Hacker Charged In Australia

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http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174568.html

By John Stackhouse, Computer Daily News
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA,
18 Feb 2002, 3:16 AM CST
 
After alleged break-ins to databases at Australia's No. 2 telco Optus,
police raided a home in the Southeastern Sydney suburb of Kingsford,
arrested a 21-year-old man and charged him with unauthorized access to
a computer system and two counts of unauthorized modification of data
with intent to cause impairment.

The charges are brought under new legislation that only came into
force last year.

Police said a man has been bailed to appear at Waverley Court on Mar.  
6. They also said they had seized a computer and other equipment and
documents.

Local media say the man is a former Optus employee and that Optus
confirms this, although he cannot be named.

Police say the tip-off that someone had been hacking into systems
"within a major telecommunications company" came after the company
found "inconsistencies" in its systems and complained that an unknown
person had been accessing restricted areas in its databases.

Media reports say the Commercial Crime Agency concluded after a month
investigating intrusions into restricted areas that they were being
done by an insider. Several databases were reportedly altered.

Optus Corporate Affairs Manager Stephen Woodhill admitted the intruder
broke into the databases but said no damage was caused and no customer
records were accessed or damaged.



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