*************************************************************** *** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.07 / File 2 of 6 *** *************************************************************** In this file: 1. Robert Morris Sentenced 2. 12 year-old Hacker Busted in Detroit 3. E911 Tampering in Denver ---------- MORRIS SENTENCED ---------- (From the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, May 5, 1990 (p. II-1). COMPUTER TAMPERER FINED. Computer expert Robert T. Morris was sentenced to three years' probation and fined $10,000 for creating a "worm" program that paralyzed thousand of computers nationwide. U.S. District Judge Howard Munson in Syracuse, N.Y., also ordered Morris, 25, to perform 400 hours of community service. Morris did not speak at the sentencing or talk to reporters after the hearing. He remained grim-faced through most of the hearing, then cracked a wide smile and hugged his mother when the sentence was announced. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- From: CHICAGO TRIBUNE, April 29, 1990 (p. I-29). ---------- HACKER, 12, FACES CREDIT CARD FRAUD CHARGES DETROIT (AP)--A 12-year-old computer hacker has been accused of gaining access to the computers of TRW Inc. and distributing credit card charge numbers to computer bulletin boards. State police said authorities were preparing to charge the youth with computer fraud and financial transaction fraud. The boy's computer and files were seized Thursday from his Grosse Ile home, police said. He has not been arrested. Officials were uncertain how many files were tapped, who used the credit card numbers and what was purchased with them. But officials said TRW, a national company that checks credit ratings, noticed the improper entry to their system and contacted authorities. The boy's mother said he worked on the computer for up to five hours every weeknight and even longer on weekends. "He didn't bother me," she said. "Well, I figured, computers, that's the thing of the day. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- E911 Tampering -------------------- Date: 1 May 90 10:03:00 MDT From: "Gary McClelland" Subject: RE: Interesting note on E911 -- do you have any more info? To: "tk0jut1" Following is complete text of the newspaper article. You may print my note and/or this in your digest. Several people have inquired so I will try to call the reported and the cop to get more info. If I learn anything I'll send you a note. Hope this helps. Gary McClelland ********************************************************************** Boulder Co. DAILY CAMERA, Wednesday, April 25, 1990, p. 1C. POLICE RADIO, 911 JAMMED; MAN ARRESTED. By Rusty Pierce, Camera Staff Writer A man who is suspected of jamming police radio frequencies and interfering with emergency 911 telephone lines has been arrested by University of Colorado police. CU police announced Tuesday that they had arrested Robert Matthew Sklar, 24, of 2882 Sundown Lane, Apt. 203, for investigation of wiretapping, a felony, and obstructing government operations, a misdemeanor. Sklar was contacted recently by police when he refused to leave the Duane Physics Building [site of lots of public computer workstations] during a fire alarm test. He initially refused to cooperate but later gave his name and address. Sgt. John Kish issued him a warning for interfering with the test. Shortly after that, someone started jamming the CU police department's radio frequencies and interfering with its 911 emergency lines. Kish said police had "reasonable suspicion" to believe that Sklar may have been involved. After a week-long investigation that included tracking the radio signal, police developed enough evidence to obtain a warrant to search Sklar's house. When police went to his home to search, Sklar returned home in a car. Several radios and pieces of equipment were in the car, Kish said. "We were really concerned. It was tying up incoming emergency lines. When the radio was jammed we were not able to communicate in the field," Kish said. Police also have served Sklar with a notice to confiscate his vehicle under Colorado's public nuisance statue because they believe he sometimes jammed the frequencies from inside his vehicle. Police believe he used a two-way radio to jam the police radio and computer equipment to tie up the 911 emergency lines, Kish said. Voice prints of the radio that jammed the frequencies and voice prints of the confiscated radio equipment will be compared by experts. Sklar, a continuing education student at CU, is scheduled to appear in Boulder County Court today at 2 p.m. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ + END THIS FILE + +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+===+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253 12yrs+