plea agreement in botnet attack on a hospital

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Glenn Tenney CISSM CISM <gt_IP060107 () think org>
Date: May 5, 2006 3:54:24 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: plea agreement in botnet attack on a hospital

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DoJ article about the original indictment from February 2006 is at
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/maxwellIndict.htm



http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/ 
14508386.htm

Man pleads guilty in computer attack

Associated Press
Posted on Fri, May. 05, 2006

SEATTLE - A man pleaded guilty to charges of launching an attack that
hit tens of thousands of computers, including some that belonged to
the Department of Defense, and crippled a hospital's network.

Under a plea agreement, Christopher Maxwell, 20, of Vacaville, Calif.,
will be held responsible for more than $252,000 in restitution to
Northwest Hospital and Medical Center and the Department of
Defense. He entered the plea in federal court Thursday.

Maxwell and two juvenile co-conspirators were accused of using
"botnet" attacks - programs that let hackers infect and control a
computer network - to install unwanted Internet advertising software,
a job that earned them about $100,000.

Northwest Hospital and Medical Center was attacked in January
2005. Though backup systems prevented patient care from being
compromised, prosecutors said operating room doors did not open,
doctors' pagers did not work and computers in the intensive care unit
shut down.

Investigators later discovered the botnet had also damaged Department
of Defense computer systems at the Headquarters 5th Signal Command in
Mannheim, Germany, and at the Directorate of Information Management in
Fort Carson, Colo.

Maxwell faces up to 15 years in prison at sentencing set for Aug. 4
but is expected to receive a much shorter sentence.




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