Four Israeli hackers suspected of planning New Years Eve attack

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Assaf Zohar
03.01.2001 14:54

Four Israeli hackers are suspected of planning to disrupt computer
systems in the US on New Years Eve. The four are suspected of
belonging to a US-Israeli hacker gang.

Suspicion was aroused by an investigation of three US hackers
suspected of similar crimes. The three were arrested a few days ago by
agents of the FBI computer crimes unit on suspicion of planning an
e-attack on US computer networks on New Years Eve.

Under questioning, the US hackers informed on the four Israelis, three
of whom are minors. The FBI passed on the Israelis identifying details
to the Israel Police national fraud investigations units computer
crimes section.

The sections investigators located the suspects before they could act,
catching them only half and hour to midnight Eastern Standard Time in
the US. Computers were seized in the search of the suspects homes,
which the police claim contained a great deal of material allegedly
pointing to their involvement in the affair.

The police investigation showed that the main instigator of the hacker
attack was an Israeli youth operating under the alias Hell. The police
said that two computers and plans for sophisticated e-attacks were
seized at the suspects home.

According to the investigators, the suspect admitted to carrying out
e-attacks and distributing operating methods to other hackers. The
minor also admitted using stolen Internet accounts and credit cards.

The 17-year old suspects from the center of the country were released
on bail at the conclusion of the questioning, and the main suspect was
put under house arrest for several days, except to go to school.

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