Filed at 1:52 p.m. EST
By The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An 18-year-old Israeli hacker wanted by the FBI for
allegedly breaking into the Pentagon's computer system was arrested today
by Israeli police.
Police spokeswoman Linda Menuhin said the hacker, who was not identified by
name, is accused of ``infiltrating computers in Israel and the United
States.''
Menuhin said he would be brought before a judge within 24 hours.
She said several accomplices had also been arrested and that evidence
provided by the United States had aided in the arrests.
Known as ``The Analyzer,'' the young Israeli is suspected of being the
mentor of two U.S. teen-agers who have been questioned by the FBI in
connection with unauthorized entries into the Pentagon's computer system
and into university research computers.
Analyzer and the two teens from Cloverdale, Calif., apparently penetrated
computers in February using a weakness that already had been identified by
computer security teams.
In an interview with the Internet magazine AntiOnline before he was caught,
Analyzer said the penetrations were innocent and that he even helped the
targets -- patching the holes he found.
Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre said earlier this year that although
the intrusions appeared to have been aimed at systems that contained
unclassified personnel and payroll records, it was ``the most organized and
systematic attack the Pentagon has seen to date.''
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