IP: Patriot hackers busted

[David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>]

Patriot indeed. That is BS. Who was it who said theLast ....


-----Original Message-----
From: "Kevin L. Poulsen" <klp () securityfocus com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:00:54 
To: "Farber () Cis Upenn Edu" <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: Patriot hackers busted


Dave, FYI.

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http://online.securityfocus.com/news/414

MARTINEZ, Calif.--Convicted pro-Napster hacker Robert Lyttle appeared in
juvenile court here Wednesday morning and was ordered onto house arrest,
after violating his probation as one half of the self-styled "patriotic"
defacement team "The Deceptive Duo."

The hearing followed a raid by FBI and defense department investigators
Monday at Lyttle's Pleasant Hill, Calif. home, where they searched for
computer equipment, passwords and "computer files which refer to 'The
Deceptive Duo', Level 3 Communications, Earthlink, government, military or
municipality Web sites," according to the search warrant issued in the case,
reviewed by SecurityFocus Online.

Lyttle was briefly detained and released at Monday's raid. Agents emerged
with an IBM Thinkpad laptop computer, a thumbprint reader and other items.

According to sources familiar with the investigation a similar search was
carried out in Florida on Sunday against the other half of the Duo --
allegedly a Web site hacker known as "The-Rev," a former member of the
"Sm0ked Crew" responsible for defacing a New York Times Web site last year.

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