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Man who hacked into Naval computer gets probation |
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Wednesday, 25 January 2006 |
A Canadian man who as a teenager hacked into a computer at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years probation.
Luke Blazejewski, now 24, of Toronto, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Jan. 10 to a single misdemeanor. He voluntarily appeared, preventing the need for extradition.
He hacked into the computer in 1999 or early 2000, according to court records.
He did so to send an e-mail with a “.mil” address, showing he had successfully cracked a military computer. He was part “of a bunch of kids going for bragging rights,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Dean A. Eichelberger.
Blazejewski downloaded a file, but officials don’t think he could open it. He gained access by getting user names and passwords from a private company that does business with the military, according to court records.
Security measures have been upgraded at the Naval Weapons Station in recent years, a spokesman at the facility said.
Authorities found out about the attempt from another computer user in the Western United States.
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