Fluffi Bunni worked for Siemens

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http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0508fluffbunni.html

By Paul Roberts
IDG News Service
05/08/03

A man reputed to be the leader of an international hacking ring worked
in the U.K. offices of Siemens Communications, according to a
statement released by the company.

Lynn Htun was arrested April 29 by U.K. Metropolitan Police when they
recognized him on a stand at the InfoSec computer security show in
London after he failed to appear in Guildford Crown Court, in
Guildford, England, on forgery charges, according to a U.K.  
Metropolitan Police spokesman.

Siemens said that although Htun was arrested on a charge unrelated to
computer hacking, the U.K. authorities told the company they are
conducting "further investigations into the activities of Mr Htun."  
Police in Surrey, where the forgery charge originated, did not
immediately respond to questions.

The Fluffi Bunni hacking group is credited with a series of attacks
against the Web sites of U.S. computer security organizations between
2000 and 2002, said Jan Andresen, spokesman for digital security
company Mi2g Ltd. of London.

Those organizations included www.attrition.org and the Web site for
The SANS Institute, Andresen said.

After compromising sites, the group left a picture of a stuffed pink
rabbit as its calling card.

Siemens Communications, part of Siemens AG, supplies a variety of
technology services including network outsourcing. Htun was
representing the company at the InfoSec show, said Anne Keogh, a
spokeswoman at Siemens.

Htun worked for the company for the past nine months as a support
technician and had access to "a small number" of customer accounts,
Keogh said.

Siemens could not say whether Htun's job involved on-site work at
those companies, but said that Siemens had reviewed both its own and
its customers' systems that Htun had access to without finding
evidence of tampering, Keogh said.

In addition, the company has "reinforced" its information technology
systems as well as the "security of customer infrastructure," the
Siemens statement said.

Siemens suspended Htun with full pay and has withdrawn his access to
Siemens systems, information and facilities pending the result of the
police investigation, Siemens said.



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