Re: [iwar] [fc:Osama.Hunter-Hacker.Busted]

From: Gary Warner (gar@askgar.com)
Date: 2002-01-22 05:11:56

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It should be noted that when an individual is at such a prominent and
controversial position in the hacker underground, any statements on any
website regarding that individual are of questionable origin at best.
Did the YIHAT site say what this article says it said?  Yes.  Did Kimble
write it?  Unknown.  Methinks Ms. Delio has jumped to an unfounded
conclusion.

_-_
gar

Fred Cohen wrote:

>  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 been informed that Schmitz's German passport had been revoked.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.
>
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