German ISP hacked by teens
By Beth Lipton
Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM
March 30, 1998, 11:00 a.m. PT
Two teenagers hacked T-Online, the online service run by Germany's
national telephone company, and stole information about hundreds of bank
accounts.
The two 16-year-old hackers bragged about their exploits to the German
magazine CT, calling Deutsche Telekom's security for the online service
"absolutely primitive," according to a report by Agence France-Presse.
The attack comes on the heels of the Justice Department's arrest of three
Israeli teenagers in connection with a string of break-ins of computer
networks belonging to U.S. and Israeli governments, as well as those of
businesses and educational institutions in the United States and abroad.
Hacking has become an international concern as more and more information
is placed on the Internet and other computer networks. The fact that
teenagers are the suspects in these latest attacks raises fears even more,
underscoring the vulnerability of extremely sensitive information to
clever youngsters looking for a thrill.
The German teens played online games for free upon breaking into the
system, and later stole the financial data, which they said they destroyed
without using.
Eric Danke, director of T-Online, told Agence France-Presse the incident
was "very serious," and that the service is planning to beef up security.
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