Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling FBI Access to U.S. Supercomputers

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/08/hacker-super-computer-access/

By David Kravets
Threat Level
Wired.com
08.27.13

A 24-year-old Pennsylvania hacker pleaded guilty today to accusations he 
tried to sell access to Energy Department supercomputers he unlawfully 
accessed.

The defendant, who remains free pending a November sentencing date, faces 
as much as 18 months behind bars under a plea deal (.pdf) with 
Massachusetts federal authorities.

Among other exploits, Andrew James Miller pleaded guilty to propositioning 
an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent during an online chat 
to pay him $50,000 for “root” access to the supercomputers at the National 
Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at the Lawrence Berkeley 
National Lab California.

Using the handle “Green,” he pasted during the chat that he had proof of 
access, the government said in an indictment. The research center, which 
houses some of the world’s most powerful computers, offers high-end 
computing power for Energy Department-approved projects.

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