bill@gauss.eedsp.gatech.edu (bill) (03/24/91)
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A computer hacker pleaded guilty Friday to
stealing information from American Telephone & Telegraph and its
subsidiary Bell Laboratories.
Under an agreement with prosecutors, Leonard Rose pleaded guilty in
U.S. District Court to one count of sending AT&T source codes via
computer to Richard Andrews, an Illinois hacker, and a similar wire
fraud charge involving a Chicago hacker.
Prosecutors said they will ask that Rose be sentenced to two
concurrent one-year terms. Rose is expected to be sentenced in May.
Neither Rose nor his attorney could be immediately reached for
comment late Friday.
"Other computer hackers who choose to use their talents to
interfere with the security and privacy of computer systems can expect
to be prosecuted and to face similar penalties," said U.S. Attorney
Breckinridge L. Willcox.
"The sentence contemplated in the plea agreement reflects the
serious nature of this new form of theft," Willcox said.
Rose, 32, was charged in May 1990 in a five-count indictment
following an investigation by the Secret Service and the U.S.
Attorney's offices in Baltimore and Chicago.
He also had been charged with distributing "trojan horse" programs,
designed to gain unauthorized access to computer systems, to other
hackers.
Prosecutors said Rose and other hackers entered into a scheme to
steal computer source codes from AT&T's UNIX computer system.
The plea agreement stipulates that after he serves his sentence,
Rose must disclose his past conduct to potential employers that have
computers with similar source codes.
Bill Berbenich Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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