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FBI Investigating Qualcomm Hacker
- From: Paul Howell
- Date: Tue Jul 11 07:09:01 2000
FBI Investigating Qualcomm Hacker
By: Staff, Newsbytes
July 10, 2000
URL:
http://www.computeruser.com/news/00/07/10/news5.html
The FBI is investigating a University of Wisconsin
student as a possible suspect in a series of hacker
attacks against wireless provider Qualcomm, according
to a San Diego Union-Tribune story today.
The FBI has accused a University of Wisconsin graduate
student of hacking into San Diego-based Qualcomm's
computer networks, replacing files and installing "back
doors, which allowed him to re-enter the system from a
number of points on the network, the story reports.
According to documents filed in San Diego federal court,
the intrusions pierced Qualcomm's firewalls and network
security, and jeopardized a number of the company's
crucial servers that contain proprietary information.
The story also reports that investigators learned the
student broke into computer networks operated by three
other companies, including NetOptions, a Los
Angeles-based Internet service provider; CISNet of
Youngstown, Ohio; and the TeX Users Group, an
organization based in Massachusetts for those
interested in text typesetting and font design.
The FBI declined to comment on the case, and
Qualcomm officials did not return calls seeking
comment.
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