FC: FBI interrupts Chicago 2600 meeting, alleges link to cyanide-terror

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51648,00.html

   Cyanide Anarchist a Hacker, Too?
   By Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com)

   2:00 a.m. April 9, 2002 PDT
   A 25-year-old anarchist who goes by the moniker "Dr. Chaos" is not
   only accused of being a potential cyanide-terrorist. The FBI also
   believes that Joseph Konopka, charged with illegally possessing sodium
   cyanide and potassium cyanide, is a nefarious computer hacker with
   ties to 2600 magazine.
   
   On Friday, about nine FBI agents swooped down on a public gathering of
   hackers loosely associated with 2600 and interrogated attendees about
   subway tunnels in Chicago, Illinois, where Konopka allegedly stashed
   over a pound of poison.
   
   "He had met with members of this group once or more than once in the
   past," Ross Rice, a spokesman for the Chicago FBI office, said on
   Monday.
   
   On the first Friday of every month, self-described hackers in scores
   of cities convene for 2600 meetings -- events that are part social
   gathering, part tech-tip swapping and sometimes a recruitment
   opportunity for local Internet firms.
   
   Around 6 p.m. last Friday, FBI agents surrounded the roughly 15
   attendees at the Chicago-area 2600 gathering, held in the Great Hall
   at Union Station. Attendees said that the agents showed them a photo
   of Konopka and asked questions about chemical agents, explosives, and
   tours of the subway system.

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