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(Rev. 01-31-2003) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION bic 4 Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 09/03/2003 To: New York Attn: Squad SO-6 SSA San Francisco SA | From: New York b3 -2 Squad DT-5 b6 -1 Cont: : SA Title: ADRIAN LAMO New York Times-Victim; Computer Intrusion; 00: NY Synopsis: Request ,assistance in locating and apprehending ADRIAN LAMO. Details: AMO“is a twenty two (22) year old male who commits unautférized 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 breaks into a computer system with the purpose of inflicting damage or stealing data. Each time LAMO hacks a major corporation he alerts friends in the media first and has them contact the victim for comment. 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 b who bo -5 was contacted by LAMO. was convicted 1990's by the bye -5| FBI for committing unauthorized computer intrusions. per 2001, LAMO contacted the reporter, | to inform him that he had gained unauthorized-access into a MICROSOFT customer service database. wed FBI(19-cv 1495)-268,