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Rev. 01-31-2003) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: PRIORITY Date: 08/07/2003 To; All Field Offices Attn: Computer Intrusion Squad From: New York Squad DT-5 Approved By: nV! / eee b3 -2 praftea pys ["]ait b6 -1 b7C -1 Title: ADRIAN LAMO; ‘ New York Times-Victim; Computer Intrusion; OO :NY Synopsis: Request canvass of sources involved in computer intrusion matters to locate ADRIAN LAMO Details: ADRIAN LAMO is a twenty two (22) year old male, who commits unauthorized computer intrusions into major corporations. LAMO is labeled in the media as the “homeless hacker". He considers himself a "white hat hacker". Investigation by the New York Office has revealed that LAMO is a "black hat hacker", an individual who bréaks into a computer system with the purpose of inflicting damage or stealing data. Each time LAMO hacks a major corporation, he first alerts friends in the media. The friends in the media then contact the victim company and ask for comment for their story. This is first notification the victim company receives that their network security has been breached. In September 2001, LAMO hacked YAHOO! and rewrote the text of a YAHOO! News article. LAMO gained access through the portal's web-based production tools and modified a news story about DMITRY SKLYAROV, a Russian computer programmer facing federal criminal charges. LAMO used a free internet connection at KINKOS to commit the hack. YAHOO! was informed of the breach after being contacted by who was contacted by LAMO. was convicted in 1990's by the bIC -S FBI for committing unauthorized computer intrusions. FBI(19-cv-1495)-20