Thursday, June 28, 2007

Romanian NASA Hacker Appears in Court

Via scmagazine.com -

A Romanian hacker accused of breaking into the networks of NASA and other federal agencies appeared in a Romanian court on Tuesday.

Victor Faur, 26, a native of the western Romanian town of Arad, faces trial there after arrest by state prosecutors in his home country. He faces a dozen years in prison, according to numerous published reports.

U.S. authorities have claimed $2 million in damages from the attack, which allegedly took place between November 2005 and September 2006 and targeted servers belonging to NASA, the U.S. Navy and the Department of Energy.

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