Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4357-1011672789-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:15:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 22207 invoked by uid 510); 22 Jan 2002 04:13:08 -0000 Received: from n10.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.60) by all.net with SMTP; 22 Jan 2002 04:13:08 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4357-1011672789-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.164] by n10.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Jan 2002 04:13:09 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 22 Jan 2002 04:13:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 54223 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2002 04:13:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m10.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Jan 2002 04:13:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.98) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2002 04:13:08 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g0M4DWI15916 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:13:32 -0800 Message-Id: <200201220413.g0M4DWI15916@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:13:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Osama.Hunter-Hacker.Busted] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Osama Hunter-Hacker Busted By Michelle Delio 8:40 a.m. Jan. 21, 2002 PST Hours before his announced suicide, which he had promised would be broadcast "live and for free" on the Web, hacker Kim Schmitz was arrested by police in Thailand. Schmitz faces charges of investment fraud in Germany and is scheduled to appear at an immigration hearing in Bangkok Monday to determine whether he will be extradited to Germany, where he is a legal resident. Prior to his arrest, Schmitz announced what appeared to be his planned suicide on his website. The site displays a tombstone graphic inscribed with the epitaph "Enough is Enough. Kim Schmitz will die next Monday. See it on this website live and for free. When the countdown is over, Kim steps into a new world and wants you to see it." Schmitz's suicide site, which went live on Friday, also includes a countdown ticker that shows how many hours he had to live. According to the information on the tombstone, Schmitz's death would coincide with his 28th birthday. Schmitz was arrested as he left the presidential suite at the Grand Hyatt Erawan in Bangkok, according to a report in the Bangkok Post. Bangkok law enforcement had been informed that Schmitz's German passport had been revoked. Schmitz, who went by the nickname "Kimble," is the founder of YIHAT (Young Intelligent Hackers Against Terrorism), an organization Schmitz said he formed to pool hackers' skills in the search for Osama bin Laden. Schmitz was arrested for hacking into German government computer systems in 1996 and spent three months in jail. After his release he operated several Internet companies, including an investment firm. According to investigative reports from the German media last October, Schmitz, who once claimed a net worth of $100 million, is deeply in debt and was being pursued by creditors. Late last September, Schmitz formed YIHAT and offered a $10 million dollar reward for hackers who could provide information leading to bin Laden's capture. Reports on Schmitz's website in October claimed that the group had cracked two Middle Eastern banks, and discovered information about al-Qaida funding. Schmitz said the information was turned over to the FBI. An FBI spokesman refused comment on whether it had received information from Schmitz, saying that the bureau would not confirm or deny sources of information that had been provided for use in an ongoing investigation. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sponsored by VeriSign - The Value of Trust Pinpoint the right security solution for your company - FREE Guide from industry leader VeriSign gives you all the facts. http://us.click.yahoo.com/pCuuSA/WdiDAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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