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From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
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Subject: Re: Professional Crackers (was Re: How effective can the SS hope to be?)
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Date: 17 Sep 90 07:15:31 GMT
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>I'm curious whether there is any evidence that these professional
>intercorporate crackers even exist.  Unfortunately, this is one of
>these areas (like political assassination) where if it is done right,
>there won't be any evidence.

Isn't there a criminal case going on right now involving a Republican
party official breaking into a Democratic computer in (New Jersey?)

Ah, here it is...

        TRENTON, N.J. (UPI) -- Assembly Speaker Joseph Doria said Monday he
was concerned by news that an alleged Republican break-in of Democratic
computer files took place with the knowledge of the GOP's highest-
ranking staff member.
        Doria, D-Hudson, said he had instructed all Assembly members and
staff with knowledge of the ``hacking'' incident to turn their
information over to Attorney General Robert Del Tufo, who is
investigating the repeated break-ins.
        John Kohler, executive director of the GOP Assembly staff, resigned
Friday admitting he had been aware of the activities of Jeffrey Land, a
low-level staffer who reportedly broke into Democrats' files in the
legislative computer system and discovered that Democrats had used the
state-owned computer for political work.
        State law bars use of state equipment for political work or doing
political work on state time.
        Previous to Kohler's resignation, however, top lawmakers had
dismissed the break-ins as a computer hacker's prank.

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        -Barry Shein

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