[Moderator: To be clear, he was not indicted FOR the White House hack
itself.]
Forwarded From: William Knowles <erehwon@kizmiaz.dis.org>
WASHINGTON (AP) [5.14.99] - A teen-ager identified as a computer hacker
whose name appeared on the Internet site for the White House after vandals
altered it this week has been indicted in Virginia on charges he broke
into another government computer.
A grand jury indicted Eric Burns, 19, on three counts of computer
intrusion. Burns, reportedly known on the Internet as ``Zyklon,'' was
accused of breaking into a computer between August 1998 and January 1999
in northern Virginia that is used by the U.S. Information Agency.
``Zyklon'' was one of a dozen names listed on the hacked version of the
White House Web site, which was altered overnight Sunday for a few minutes
before government computers automatically detected the intrusion.
The indictment returned Thursday also accuses Burns of breaking into two
other computers in northern Virginia, one owned by LaserNet of Fairfax and
another by Issue Dynamics Inc. of Alexandria.
Sam Simon of Issue Dynamics said he was cooperating with the FBI.
``We firmly believe that computer criminals need to be identified,
prosecuted and caught, and we're pleased that the FBI is not treating this
as a minor matter. It wasn't an insignificant incident. It was a very
concentrated, serious effort over a period of time.''
Burns was not charged in the attack on the White House computers.
The opening page of the White House site was altered briefly to show a
black Web page with the names of the hacker organizations claiming
responsibility, along with messages, ``Your box was own3d'' and ``Stop all
the war.''
The page also included the phrase, ``following peeps get some shouts,''
and listed a dozen names, including ``Zyklon.''
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Received on Mon May 17 19:38:08 1999