DATE=6/8/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233501
TITLE=INDIA HACKERS (S)
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: OFFICIALS WHO RUN INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM SAY REPORTS
COMPUTER HACKERS PENETRATED THEIR COMPUTERS ARE GREATLY
EXAGGERATED. CORRESPONDENT JIM TEEPLE REPORTS FROM NEW DELHI,
THREE TEENAGERS FROM HOLLAND, BRITAIN, AND NEW ZEALAND SAY THEY
PENTRATED THE COMPUTERS AS A PROTEST AGAINST INDIA'S NUCLEAR
TESTS.
TEXT: THE THREE HACKERS SAY THEY ALTERED THE HOME PAGE AT THE
BHABBA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTER IN MUMBAI TO DISPLAY AN
ANTI-NUCLEAR MESSAGE. THEY ALSO SAY THEY DOWNLOADED SENSITIVE
E-MAIL MESSAGES BETWEEN INDIAN SCIENTISTS ABOUT NUCLEAR TESTS.
THE HEAD OF THE COMPUTER DIVISION AT THE BHABBA ATOMIC RESEARCH
CENTER, H. KAURA, SAYS SOMEONE DOWNLOADED E-MAIL FROM THE
COMPUTER ON WHICH THE HOMEPAGE IS DISPLAYED, BUT THAT COMPUTER IS
SEPARATE FROM ALL OTHERS AT THE CENTER.
// INSER KAURA ACTUALITY //
THE COMPUTERS USED FOR THE E-MAIL AND THE HOMEPAGE ARE
PHYSICALLY ISOLATED FROM ALL OTHER COMPUTERS.
// END ACTUALITY //
MR. KAURA SAYS THE AFFECTED E-MAIL MESSAGES WERE IN THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN AND NO SENSITIVE INFORMATION WAS TAKEN.
MEANWHILE, THE THREE HACKERS, WHO CLAIM TO BE PART OF AN
ORGANIZED GROUP CALLED "MILWORM", SAY THEIR NEXT TARGET WILL BE
THE COMPUTERS WHICH HELP TO RUN PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
(SIGNED)
NEB/TM/RAE
08-Jun-98 7:11 AM EDT (1111 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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