[FPSPACE] Stakkato indicted

[Jens Kieffer-Olsen]

 NASA was hacked 5 years ago by a young 'script kiddie',
 who has since become a student in computer science at
 the Uppsala University. The Feds had to travel to
 Scandinavia to prepare their case. Now they move ...

 
http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_t19/cisco-systems-indictment.htm
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 -- A Swedish computer hacker was indicted Tuesday for
 breaking into the networks of tech-gear maker Cisco
 Systems Inc. and high-end computing equipment at the
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The
 attacks underscore the development of a vast
 underground economy that targets both the private
 sector and the government. Hacking under the
 nom de guerre "Stakkato," [...]

 Pettersson was accused in the five-count indictment of
 breaking into the computer system and network of San Jose,
 California-based Cisco in May 2004 and stealing operating
 system code. He allegedly broke into computers belonging
 to the U.S. space agency NASA's Ames Research Center and
 the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division in Moffett Field,
 California, in May and October of the same year. During
 the alleged intrusion some Cisco Internetwork Operating
 System code was allegedly misappropriated. The indictment
 also charges two intrusion counts involving the National
 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including
 computers at the Ames Research Center and the NASA
 Advanced Supercomputing Division, located at Moffett
 Field, Calif. The indictment alleges Pettersson
 committed these intrusions on May 19, 2004, May 20,
 2004 and Oct. 22, 2004.

 A tecnical walkthrough of the Stakkato method of
 hacking NASA is given at
 http://www.nsc.liu.se/~nixon/stakkato.pdf
 ( use PgDn key ).

--
Jens Kieffer-Olsen
Slagelse, Denmark