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To: Mark Bartlett who wrote (10459)	4/23/1998 7:10:00 AM
From: Alex	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116764

COMPUTER CRACKERS HIGHLIGHT VULNERABILITY OF U.S. MILITARY AND SATELLITE SYSTEMSApril 22, 1998ÿWired News reported today that an international group of computer "crackers" or hackers called the Masters of Downloading released a statement saying that they had stolen U.S. government software known as the Defense Information Systems Network Equipment Manager from the branch of the Defense Department responsible for classified computer networks. The statement said, "This may help you to realize the reality of the threat of information warfare against the United States of America, as well as the DEM software's obvious value to certain global organizations and individuals." Computer security expert John VBranesevich confirmed the authenticity of the program and said, "This is one of the first times we've seen a group of hackers whose goal was not to commit acts of Internet graffiti by defacing low-security Web pages, but to actually target, plan, and retrieve software suites designed for military use." The top level interface of the stolen software was said to be created to "manage all the computer-related equipment used by the United States military" according to the Masters of Downloading statement. The group related their intentions by saying, "We have the power to do so, but at this time we have no intentions to launch a [network] attack."