


                              C.o.W.
                             presents
                            COW-03.txt
....BY
...  Tazzelrik Radiaki
....And
                             Royal Flush


Well This Is our third Issue and we have added One member To our little Group of TWO.. We just though you the people would like a follow up article on COW-02 where we tol you of the Computer break in at Tsutomu Shimomura's personal computer on Christmas Day.. So here is the article from the Rocky Moutain News Friday Fed. 17 1995. By stephen W. Dill

...'MOST WANTED HACKER HIT THE WRONG VICTIM'
                            computer vandal caught after top  
                            security expert had key programs stolen.

Raleigh, N.C. -- He was a notorius computer vandal -- a fugitive described by one official as " The most wanted hacker in the world."
.In more than two years on the run, Kevin D. Mitnick allegedly pilfered thousands of data files and at least 20,000 credit card numbers, worming his way into even the most sophisticated systems.
.In 1988 he was convicted of stealing $1 million in software from computer giant Digital Equiptment Corp. He went underground in 1992 after being accused of hacking into computers belonging to Pacific Bell telephone company.
.Whilke a fugitive, Mitnick allegedly broke into numerous corporate and communications networks in California, Colorado, And North Carolina. Recently he had become a suspect in a rash of break-ins on the global internet computer network.
.But Mitnick apparently infiltrated one computer too many. A recent victim, A computer security expert, was so angered that he made it his crusade to track Mitnick Down. With his help, the FBI traced Mitnick to a Raleigh apartment and arrested him Wednesday.
Mitnick, 31, was charged with computer fraud, punishable by 20 years in prison, and illegal use of a telephone access device, which carries a maximum 15-year sentence. A hearing was Scheduled for today(feb.17.1995)
.He began hacking in high school, calling himself "condor" from the Robert Redford CIA mocie THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR.
Mitnick's downfall began christmas day, when he broke into the home computer of Tsutomu Shimomura, 30, of the San Diego Supercomputer Center and stole security programs he had written.
.Incensed , Shimomura canceled a ski vacation and assembled a team of computer experts to hunt down the intruder. They traced Mitnick to Netcom, a nationwide internet access provider, and with the help of federally subpoenaed phone records determined that he wwas placing calles from a cellular phone near Raleigh-Durham international Airport, The times said.
Shimomura drove around Raleigh with a telephone company technician. They used a cellular frequency direction-finding antenna hooked up to a laptop to narrow the search to qan apartment complex.

This Article came as a large shock to the members of CoW, Having though Mitnick was still in prison on prior charges.. Shows you how much can happen when not keeping up with the news. So I though this would be a Great way to get it into the Computer world.. IF it is not already there.. Not too much to say in this Semi small issue of COW.. But in our next issue Money making Ideas That have to deal with Car Washes, Change machines etc etc..


"Nothing is True
 Anything is Possible
 Everything is Permitted"

Taz{COW 95}
Roy{COW 95}
