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From: jrc@ritcv.UUCP (James R Carbin)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: A "snooper" is caught!
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Date: Thu, 20-Oct-83 22:22:33 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 20 22:22:33 1983
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Just spoke with my mother in Schenectady, N.Y. and she told me that the
local evening news had an item about the F.B.I. confiscating a computer
from a S.U.N.Y. at Albany student.  Seems that he is suspected of improper
access to other computer systems.  No formal charges have been announced.

This report is second hand, and perhaps someone in the Albany area can
fill in the details, but at least it is gratifying to know that at least
there is one less (alleged) culprit and that at least some attention is
being given this problem.  I wonder what magnitude should be utilized
(i.e. 1,000 or 10,000 or 100,000 etc.) to count the number of not yet
identified snoopers.  (How's that word for keeping me out of the
controversy over the word "hacker?")

as ever,

j.r.        {allegra,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!jrc