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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 04:08:30 -0400
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 00:55:06 -0400 From: tim finin <finin () cs umbc edu> Subject: lovesick hacker sidelines Port of Houston To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Hacker attack left port in chaos Busiest US port hit after Dorset teenager allegedly launched electronic sabotage against chatroom user Rebecca Allison, Tuesday October 7, 2003, The Guardian A lovesick hacker brought chaos to America's busiest seaport after launching a computer attack on an internet chatroom user who had made anti-American comments, a court heard yesterday. Aaron Caffrey, 19, is alleged to have brought computer systems to a halt at the Port of Houston, in Texas, from his bedroom in Shaftesbury, Dorset, in what police believe to be the first electronic attack to disable a critical part of a country's infrastructure. Paul Addison, prosecuting, told a jury at Southwark crown court that the teenager's intended target was a female chatroom user called Bokkie with whom he had argued over remarks she had made about the US. The court heard that Caffrey, who has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, had an American girlfriend called Jessica and when Bokkie started criticising the country and its people, he became upset and allegedly launched the electronic sabotage. ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1057454,00.html ...
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