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nexus © HREews— Kaos SPACE HACKS INTO They accessed at least 135 computer centres in nine countries over six months, planting Trojan horses and a new keyword within the system. With these installed they entered any com- puter in the SPAN network they wished. Some of the group, thought to have access to highly-classified operating manuals for Digital Equipment com- puters, have still not been caught. Trojan Worms? | the youths have told West German Inte- | Wished. rior Minister ‘interrogators’ that they planted a type of program known as a Trojan horse in the world-wide net- work of scientific research centres, known as SPAN, “for fun”. Intelligence services of the U.S., Brit- Some of the group, thought to have access to highly-classified operating manuals for Digital Equipment com- puters, have still not been caught. Trojan Worms? ain, France, Germany, Japan and Swit- A ‘Trojan horse’ program is infamous zerland have suppressed news of the in computer circles as a downloaded attack for months. Some of the projects program which looks like ordinary —, ; ’ the Kaos Computer Club - who also call software, but which can wipe the pro- WOTERLD BEI Ey HAG Ty Rarelciiec anes themselves Data Travellers - gained grams of anyone who loads it into their Geer ei access to include British remote-sensing system. The hackers were prompted by spy satellite programs, NASA space Trojan horses began appearing sev- NASA claims that their computers were platform technology, French manned eral years ago and have reached a high RbSinieyy secure, aac hace satellite plans and Japanese space com- | Jevelof sophistication. Among thedoz- | NASAstill havenotrecognised the data _ | puter communications technology. ens of Trojans in circulation, some be- A eee I gee) GIs Peerpar bysteraes “I had a slight shock when 1 saw gin their destruction within minutes. secure enc, (pda SANs bs, nee i appear on my screen: ‘Welcome to the Some known as “bombs” perform asle- bombs, worms or Viruses carried in by NASA headquarters VAX installa- gitimate software for weeks or months, Lane tion’,” Club spokesman Mr Wau Hol- then touch offan electronic time-bomb. Ter rea SL ae gee land told Stern magazine. Others, known as “viruses” or announced the break-in as television, The ‘Trojan horses' downloaded by “worms”, actually replicate and move ah Be - pees hate sae eae the hackers waited for a top-security from system to system, leaving seeds of Wore ssvarkins pee aN user to log on with a secret password, destruction in their wake. work. They state they’re out to prove recorded their computer keystrokes ina there are holes in the security systems of hidden file and coutiel aiegiiie Star-Spangled Spanner the most well-protected computer sys- typed on the keyboard. Working over “There was a graphics program called tems. six months, the young West Germans Run me that] thought would be neat to Mr Holland further claims that the implanted Trojans in highly classified tun once,” says Charles Rawls, a Man- reason the hackers went public was that systems which gave them ‘authorised’ hattan computer user. “It played the most research at NASA is aimed at | access to alter accounts and security “Star-Spangled Banner’ and displayed developing new weapons sys- checks, thereby covering their tracks. the American flag. Meanwhile, it was tems. | Perfect Match Colonel Gaddafi has married Nabila man in the US. (‘Contragate’) arms Koshoggi, the 25-year-old daughter of sales to Iran, and allegedly involved in the Saudi Arabian oil magnate Adnan the smuggling of Ferdinand Marcos’ Koshoggi, according to Italy’s largest fortune out of the Philippines. circulation newspaper. Colonel Gaddafi has signed a con- Mr Koshoggi, regarded as one of the tract to sell Libyan crude oi] to Mr Ko- | richest men in the world, is reportedly in shoggi at prices below those set by the financial difficulty. He was a middle- OPEC, said Milan's Corriere Della Sera. 4 Nexus New Times Three tems. Mr Holland further claims that the reason the hackers went public was that most research at NASA is aimed at Perfect Match man in the US. (‘Contragate’) arms sales to Iran, and allegedly involved in the smuggling of Ferdinand Marcos’ fortune out of the Philippines. Colonel Gaddafi has signed a con- tract to sell Libyan crude oil to Mr Ko- shoggi at prices below those set by the OPEC, said Milan’s Corriere Della Sera. developing new weapons sys- aie.