DATE=2/11/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=CYBERHACKER INVESTIGATION (S)
NUMBER=2-259079
BYLINE=NICK SIMEONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: An electronic attack on a computer at the
University of California is giving the F-B-I what
could be its first break in the nationwide
investigation into three days of cyber-attacks this
week on such high profile websites as Yahoo, Amazon-
dot-com and the Cable News Network, or C-N-N-dot-com.
Correspondent Nick Simeone brings us the latest in the
hunt for those responsible for the largest attack on
the internet in memory.
TEXT: The F-B-I is investigating the break-in of a
computer at the University of California in Santa
Barbara where the campus programmer has determined
that at least one of the university's computers was
used to attack C-N-N's website, C-N-N-dot-com.
The university says an unknown hacker used a research
laboratory computer as a conduit to jamming the C-N-N
site -- overloading it with information and thereby
preventing internet users from accessing it. The
University of California - which pioneered the early
development of the internet - is now cooperating with
the F-B-I in the search for who was responsible. But
school officials say they believe someone outside the
university community initiated the attack.
An attack from just one computer would not by itself
be enough to shut down such high profile sites as
Yahoo and C-N-N-dot-com, but this could turn out to be
the first solid lead investigators have in the case.
Prosecutors believe as many as a hundred different
computers may have been involved in the attacks that
disrupted internet commerce for three days and
prevented millions of people from gaining access to
popular websites. (SIGNED)
NEB/NJS/ENE/JP
11-Feb-2000 17:40 PM EDT (11-Feb-2000 2240 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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