Feds Bust Kazakstan Hackers (fwd)

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:07:25 -0400
To: cypherpunks () cyberpass net
From: John Young <jya () pipeline com>
Subject: Feds Bust Kazakstan Hackers
Sender: owner-cypherpunks () cyberpass net
Reply-To: John Young <jya () pipeline com>

We offer the unsealed FBI complaints which led to the recent bust of
two Kazakstan "hackers" accused of extortion for breaking into
Bloomberg's computer system and asking for $200,000 to tell how it was
done:

   http://cryptome.org/bloomberg-bust.htm

The complaints describe how the defendants were traced through Hotmail
addresses, a sting was arranged, and Bloomberg helped make the bust by
setting up an offshore bank account to lure the hackers to London. One
coconspirator remains a fugitive -- the lady who made a cellphone call
to verify the money was in the bank.

The US Attorney and FBI praise the business/law cooperation in
battling computer crime and boast of how computer crime has led to
improved global law enforcement.

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