dhk@teletech.uucp (Don H Kemp) (07/11/90)
More LOD news, thanks to AT&T's consultant liason NEWSBRIEFS AT&T NEWS BRIEFS [All items are today's date unless otherwise noted] Tuesday, July 10, 1990 LEGION OF DOOM -- Three men, part of a ... group of computer hackers [known as] the Legion of Doom, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud BellSouth of computer information. ... [A U.S. Attorney] said the group ... monitored private telephone lines, stole proprietary information ... and disseminated information that allowed other computer hackers to enter BellSouth and other computer systems. ... Wall Street Journal, B4. ... During the past few months, the Secret Service has cleaned out one hacker conclave after another. ... Behind the raids is a 2-year- old federal, state and phone company investigation called Operation Sun Devil. ... Secret Service agents ... discovered secret bulletin boards that listed upwards of 400 long-distance access codes ... used to make about $3.5 million in illegal long- distance charges. ... Burke Stinson, an AT&T spokesman, says, "As an industry, which includes our dear friends at MCI and US Sprint and others, about $1 to $2 million is lost every day to hacking and toll fraud." ... Newsday, [Sunday magazine], p. 11, 7/8. Don H Kemp B B & K Associates, Inc. Rutland, VT uunet!uvm-gen!teletech!dhk