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Date: 5 Mar 1996 12:25:52 CST
From: sysop @
emergency .
com
To: ceo @
oss .
net
Subject: Boston Paper Fears Hacker Attack
BOSTON, March 5 (UPI) -- The Boston Herald said Tuesday it is being
threatened by a computer hacker enraged over stories suggesting he
harrassed an Internet provider.
The newspaper said the hacker, known as "u4ea," also has threatened
"electronic terrorism" to cripple computer networks around Boston.
"All of Boston is going down," the Herald said the hacker told Jason
Hatch, the system administrator for the BerkshireNet, an Internet
provider in western Massachusetts.
The threat was made Monday during an Internet conversation between
Hatch and the hacker, the Herald said. Hatch provided the Herald with a
printed copy of his conversation with the hacker.
BerkshireNet has been harassed by the hacker since November because
it tried to stop "u4rea" from sending out racist messages worldwide
under its name, the Herald said.
The hacker last week got into BerkshireNet's system and erased the
memory from two of its three computers. He also put white supramacist
materials on BerkshireNet's system, Hatch said.
Because the Herald published several stories about his computer
assaults, the hacker told Hatch, "The Boston Herald goes down."
The FBI has been investigating, but has declined to comment other
than to say "these are certainly serious threats."
Hatch said the hacker is "very skilled" and "can pretty much go
anywhere he wants to go."
He said the hacker warned him not to talk to the media or he would
"involve your family."
The Herald said some system administrators believe the hacker is
operating out of Canada.
The paper said the hacker has also taunted the FBI, saying the FBI
"will have more luck finding Elvis than finding the mighty u4ea. The
FBI cannot touch me."
Hatch said the hacker signed off with this threat: "You have yet to
see true electronic terrorism. This is a promise."
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K.M. Goertzel
Manager, International Programs and Special Projects
Secure Systems and Services Operation
Wang Federal, Inc.
7900 Westpark Drive - MS 700
McLean, Virginia 22102-4299
TEL: 703-827 3914
FAX: 703-827 3161
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