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Subject:    [ISN] AOL Hacker Pleads Guilty
From:       mea culpa <jericho () dimensional ! com>
Date:       1998-06-30 5:56:05
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   AOL hacker pleads guilty
   By Reuters
   Special to CNET NEWS.COM
   June 29, 1998, 5:40 p.m. PT
   
   NEW YORK--A juvenile pleaded guilty today to stealing more than 500
   passwords that America Online users had entered into their
   computers, federal prosecutors said.
   
   They said the youngster, called "John Doe" in court papers, pleaded
   guilty in Manhattan federal court to one count of unlawful
   interception of electronic communications.
   
   Prosecutors said that John Doe stole the passwords by using
   "Trojan horse" computer programs that conceal other programs.
   
   They said Doe sent Trojan horse programs to AOL users via electronic
   mail messages that contained attachments. When users received the
   email messages and clicked on the attachments, the concealed programs
   would become activated.
   
   The Trojan horse would then record the AOL users' keystrokes,
   including their passwords.
   

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