Re: "Pink Floyd" HACKER HITS UNIVERSITY COMPUTERS

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From: Carl S. Gutekunst
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1986 02:54

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>[from the Sunday paper - I hate it when they use 'hacker' instead of 'cracker']
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>	'Pink Floyd' attacks lack clear motive
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>SAN FRANCISCO - A sophisticated computer hacker who calls himself "Pink Floyd"
>has broken into dozens of university and business computers around the nation
>and taunted the experts who have tried to thwart him.

I've seen three different newspaper articles on the Bay Area UNIX cracker,
all terribly innaccurate. For anyone who wants to know what really happened,
check out mod.risks. Brian Reid wrote an extensive article on what happened.
Although the news is now ancient (+ 6 weeks), you may still have some of the
articles online; in addition, the moderator has made a copy of the breakin-
related articles available via FTP. Contact RISKS-Request@CSL.SRI.COM.

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Subject: Re: "Pink Floyd" HACKER HITS UNIVERSITY COMPUTERS
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