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@ e p83 -2 To: Washington Field From: Mew Ys , bIE -3 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 of securityfocus.com, who Was contacted by LAMO. b6 -2,5 was convicted in 1990's by the FBI for committing unauthor,7 > -2,5 computer intrusions. “ ’ In October 2001, LAMO contacted the reporter, ___—idsi newsbytes.com to inform him that he had gained unauthorized access into a MICROSOFT customer service database. LAMO had gained access to MICROSOFT's database is September 2001 but choose not to disclose his access until October 2001. TAMO utilized a vulnerability in MICROSOFT!'s network that allowed an unpublished Internet Protocol (IP) address to be entered into a web browser. The IP address provided access to records of people who had bought products and services from MICROSOFT. contacted MICROSOFT to ask them for a comment for the story Hé was writing about the hack. This was the first instance, i i OSOFT confirmed the hack and described the incident as "an error that led to a breach of privacy, against our privacy policy". In December 2001, LAMO contacted the reporter, C7 | securityfocus.com, to inform him that he had gained unauthorized access into MCI WORLDCOM's internal network. LAMO gained access to WORLDCOM's internal network in October 2001 but choose not to disclose his access until December 2001. LAMO provided internal screen captures to WORLDCOM to prove he was the hacker. The screen captures from WORLDCOM's internal network state, "Not to be reproduced in any manner or disclosed to unauthorized individuals". LAMO gained access to WORLDCOM's internal network using a free internet connection at KINKOS. LAMO exploited a vulnerability in a WORLDCOM proxy server to gain unauthorized access to their network. After committing the hack and reporting it told LAMO commented "The downside is, I'm running out of major US Corporations". Also, one of LAMO's prized b6 -5 possessions is a screen capture of WORLDCOM's stock price falling 7 after he announced he had hacked the company. 7c -5 In February 2002, LAMO contacted the reporter, newsbytes.com to inform him that he had gained unauthorized access into SBC COMMUNICATIONS. LAMO gained access to SBC COMMUNICATIONS network in December 2001 but choose not to disclose his access until February 2002. LAMO utilized an exploit to gain access to SBC's internal network. LAMO used a free internet connection at KINKO's to perform the hack. LAMO gained access to usernames, passwords, telephone numbers, addresses and other sensitive customer information. . . In February 2002, LAMO discovered several misconfigured proxy servers acting as doorways between the public Internet and the \ FBI(19-cv-1495)-98