Romanian Charged Over NASA Hacking

CYBER WARS

"I did not modify or delete any files, nor destroy communication systems," he said.

by Staff Writers
Bucharest (AFP) Dec 2, 2006
A 26-year-old Romanian man has been charged with hacking into the computers of the NASA space agency, police in Bucharest said on Saturday. Victor Faur, from Arad in western Romania, is accused by authorities in the United States of causing NASA damages amounting to 1.3 million dollars (almost 1 million euros). The US alerted Romanian police in July to the fact that the security of NASA's servers had been breached by an unknown person in Romania.

A joint investigation by the country's police and the FBI led to the arrest of Faur, who police said had previously hacked into the computer systems of several US universities and government agencies.

Faur has said in a television interview that he wanted "to prove that many computers are vulnerable to IT attacks" and reassured the public that he did not try to "obtain profitable material".

"I did not modify or delete any files, nor destroy communication systems," he said.

The indictment comes two weeks after FBI director Robert S. Mueller visited Bucharest to discuss the fight against hi-tech crime.

Source: Agence France-Presse

Related Links
NASA

CYBER WARS

British Defence Ministry Wants Inventors To Design Surveillance Kit

London (AFP) Nov 28, 2006
Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is challenging inventors to come up with a surveillance device to help soldiers on patrol in Iraq and Afghanistan, a minister told BBC radio Tuesday. Lord Paul Drayson said that many ground-breaking innovations had emerged from "garages and people working in their garden sheds".

SUPERPOWERS Shock And Awe About-Face China, US To Hold First Strategic Economic Dialogue Breaking Taboo, Japan Votes To Create Defense Ministry US Power Stays In Middle East	NUKEWARS Blair Faces Backlash Over Nuclear Deterrent Replacement US Urges North Korea To Close Nuke Facilities Before Talks Japan Pledges To IAEA To Shun Nukes North Korean Options
MISSILE NEWS Raytheon Awarded Contract For Missile Launcher Production Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile Raytheon HARM Variant Hits Target Without Radar Guidance Missiles, Missiles Everywhere	MISSILE DEFENSE A Giant Leap Forward For Indian Missile Defense India Joins BMD Club India Says First Missile Intercept Test A Success Aegis Missile Defense Fleet Tops 80 Ships
AEROSPACE Boeing Business Jets Delivers Its 100th Green Airplane A380 Wraps Up Technical Route Proving After a Final Trip Over Both Poles DLR And EUROCONTROL Create Joint Total Airport Management Concept Aviation Industry Alarmed At New EU Emission Rules	UAV NEWS Goodrich Awarded Contract From USAF To Develop Shortwave Infrared Sensor For UAVs Beale AFB Gets New Global Hawk QinetiQ World First Flight Demo Of Multiple UAV System Boeing Demonstrates UAV Automated Aerial Refueling Capability
IRAQ WARS More Troops In Iraq Will Make Little Difference Can Iraq Be Successfully Torn Apart Can Syria And Iran Help The US And UK Leave Iraq US May Boost Troops In Iraq	MILTECH Pimp My Tank Cuba Remakes Weapons With US Foe In Mind QinetiQ Awarded DARPA Contract To Explore 'First-Of-Their-Kind' Sensors Raytheon's Paveway Precision Guided Bomb Kit Wins US Air Force Contract Competition US Army To Deploy Lockheed Martin Persistent Threat Detection Systems

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement