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Date: 1999-03-04

Hoax: Hacker entführen Satelliten


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q/depesche 99.3.4/1
updating 99.3.1/1

Hoax: Hacker entführen Satelliten

Die Story von den Hackern, die einen entführten Satelliten des
militärisch-elektronischen Komplexes dazu verwendet habhen, die
Militärs zu erpressen, hat sich, wie erwartet, als glatter Hoax
erwiesen.


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12:21 PM ET March 3
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Defense Ministry Wednesday
dismissed as "not true" a newspaper report that said hackers had
seized control of one of its military communications satellites and
issued blackmail threats.

The Sunday Business newspaper had said the intruders altered the
course of one of Britain's four satellites used by defense planners
and military forces around the world.

"There is no basis to the story whatsoever," said a Defense Ministry
spokesman. "It's not true."

Security sources cited by the newspaper said the satellite's course
was changed just over two weeks ago. The hackers then issued a
blackmail threat, demanding money to stop interfering with the
satellite.

A police spokesman said the story was for the Defense Ministry to
investigate. "Military security is a matter for the Defense Ministry,"
he said.

Source
http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990303/12/tech-hackers

relayed by
jei@zor.hut.fi via cypherpunks@toad.com via
devnull@quintessenz.at

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