[defaced-commentary] Doctor Nuker Indictment

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http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md/press01/khanindict.htm

COMPUTER HACKER INTENTIONALLY DAMAGES PROTECTED COMPUTER

Greenbelt, MD - United States Attorney Thomas M. DiBiagio and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced that a federal grand
jury in Greenbelt has returned a four-count indictment charging
offenses relating to the November 2000 attack on the computers of the
American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel public affairs
group with offices in Washington, D.C.

The indictment charged Misbah Khan of Karachi, Pakistan with hacking
into AIPAC's computer server in Silver Spring, Maryland on November 1,
2000. He replaced AIPAC's World Wide Web page with a page boasting
that AIPAC had been "hacked by Doctor Nuker, Founder Pakistan Hackerz
Club, doctornuker () puckoff com." The unauthorized Web page contained
statements attacking Israel and links to other anti-Israel or
pro-Palestinian Web sites. In addition, Khan took confidential
computer credit card account information belonging to AIPAC members
and posted the account information on the unauthorized Web page and on
other sites, resulting in unlawful use of the credit card accounts.

The four-count indictment charged Khan with knowingly causing the
transmission of a computer command which intentionally caused damage
to AIPAC's computers; intentionally accessing AIPAC's computer without
authorization and obtaining information from that computer; knowingly
and with intent to defraud possessing fifteen or more unauthorized
"access devices" (credit card account numbers); and causing the use of
unauthorized access devices to obtain things of value of more than
$1,000. The two computer offenses are punishable by up to five years
in jail; the credit card offenses are punishable by up to ten years in
jail; all four offenses carry fines of up to $250,000 and terms of
supervised release of up to three years.

FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Lynne Hunt said that "doctornuker" was
recently identified as Misbah Khan by the FBI computer crime squad
with the assistance of the FBI legal office or "legat" at the U.S.
Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. SAC Hunt said that the investigation
demonstrates that "computer hackers often leave behind a more
elaborate trail of evidence than they realize, and we will follow that
trail no matter where in the world it leads." United States Attorney
Thomas DiBiagio commended the FBI's investigation and noted that the
U.S.  Attorney's Office has prosecuted a number of computer intrusion
and intellectual property crimes during the past year.

Following the indictment, a warrant was issued for the arrest of the
defendant. As in all criminal cases, the indictment is the grand
jury's allegation that the defendant committed the crimes as charged
in the indictment. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until
proven guilty.


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