
Hackin' on a Star: Matthew Bevan
Ridiculous Crime
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Coogee, Data Stream Cowboy or Just Mr Cowboy?
Coogee was a far more sophisticated hacker than the 16 year old data stream. Air Force investigators were able to observe that Coogee would only stay on a telephone line in a short time, not long enough to be traced successfully. He somehow got into a system in Korea and obtained all the data stored on the Korean atomic research Institute system. And then he took it and deposited it in Rome Labs files. The US believed that that these hacks had quote, cause more harm than the KGB and made him a number one threat to the world.
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