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In article <6pq1n6h@rpi.edu> fitzgb@mml0.meche.rpi.edu (Brian Fitzgerald) writes:
[...]
   >	A complaint filed in federal court charges that Anderrson and
   >Katsaniotis gained access to the District Court computer by using a home
   >computer to scan for telephone modem numbers. Modems are used to send
   >data from one computer to another over telephone lines. 
   >	``Once the system was accessed, Anderson copied the file containing
   >the passwords controlling access to the computer system,'' an affidavit
   >filed with the charges stated. ``He then transferred the password file
   >to a Boeing Company computer, where he decrypted the passwords.''
   >	That process gave Anderson the ``root'' password, which allowed him
   >to have unrestricted access to the computer system at the courthouse,
   >the affidavit said. Once inside, it said, ``the hackers were able to
   >view numerous confidential records, including some grand jury material.''
[...]
   >	``Intrusion was limited due to effective security systems being in
   >place, and no government-classified systems were entered,'' Boeing said.
[...]
If the attack was exactly what this story says, then "effective
security systems" is quite the preposterous claim. Hopefully, there's
a bit more to it.

-- Craig Presson