CHRONOLOGY OF THE HACKER CRACKDOWN
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- 1865
- U.S. Secret Service (USSS) founded.
- 1876
- Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone.
- 1878
- First teenage males flung off phone system by enraged authorities.
- 1939
- "Futurian" science-fiction group raided by Secret Service.
- 1971
- Yippie phone phreaks start YIPL/TAP magazine.
- 1972
- *Ramparts* magazine seized in blue-box rip-off scandal.
- 1978
- Ward Christenson and Randy Suess create first personal computer bulletin board system.
- 1982
- William Gibson coins term "cyberspace."
- 1982
- "414 Gang" raided.
- 1983-1983
- AT&T dismantled in divestiture.
- 1984
- Congress passes Comprehensive Crime Control Act giving USSS jurisdiction over credit card fraud and computer fraud.
- 1984
- "Legion of Doom" formed.
- 1984.
- *2600: The Hacker Quarterly* founded.
- 1984.
- *Whole Earth Software Catalog* published.
- 1985.
- First police "sting" bulletin board systems established.
- 1985.
- Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link computer conference (WELL) goes on-line.
- 1986
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act passed.
- 1986
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act passed.
- 1987
- Chicago prosecutors form Computer Fraud and Abuse Task Force.
- 1988
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- July.
- Secret Service covertly videotapes "SummerCon" hacker convention.
- September.
- "Prophet" cracks BellSouth AIMSX computer network and downloads E911 Document to his own computer and to Jolnet.
- September.
- AT&T Corporate Information Security informed of Prophet's action.
- October.
- Bellcore Security informed of Prophet's action.
- 1989
- January.
- Prophet uploads E911 Document to Knight Lightning.
- February 25.
- Knight Lightning publishes E911 Document in *Phrack* electronic newsletter.
- May.
- Chicago Task Force raids and arrests "Kyrie."
- June.
- "NuPrometheus League" distributes Apple Computer proprietary software.
- June 13.
- Florida probation office crossed with phone-sex line in switching-station stunt.
- July.
- "Fry Guy" raided by USSS and Chicago Computer Fraud and Abuse Task Force.
- July.
- Secret Service raids "Prophet," "Leftist," and "Urvile" in Georgia.
- 1990
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- January 15.
- Martin Luther King Day Crash strikes AT&T long-distance network nationwide.
- January 18-19
- Chicago Task Force raids Knight Lightning in St. Louis.
- January 24.
- USSS and New York State Police raid "Phiber Optik," "Acid Phreak," and "Scorpion" in New York City.
- February 1.
- USSS raids "Terminus" in Maryland.
- February 3.
- Chicago Task Force raids Richard Andrews' home.
- February 6.
- Chicago Task Force raids Richard Andrews' business.
- February 6.
- USSS arrests Terminus, Prophet, Leftist, and Urvile.
- February 9.
- Chicago Task Force arrests Knight Lightning.
- February 20.
- AT&T Security shuts down public-access "attctc" computer in Dallas.
- February 21.
- Chicago Task Force raids Robert Izenberg in Austin.
- March 1.
- Chicago Task Force raids Steve Jackson Games, Inc., "Mentor," and "Erik Bloodaxe" in Austin.
- May 7,8,9.
- USSS and Arizona Organized Crime and Racketeering Bureau conduct "Operation Sundevil" raids in Cincinnatti, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Tucson, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco.
- May.
- FBI interviews John Perry Barlow re NuPrometheus >case.
- June.
- Mitch Kapor and Barlow found Electronic Frontier Foundation; Barlow publishes *Crime and Puzzlement* manifesto.
- July 24-27.
- Trial of Knight Lightning.
- 1991
- February.
- CPSR Roundtable in Washington, D.C.
- March 25-28.
- Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in San Francisco.
- May 1.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, Steve Jackson, and others file suit against members of Chicago Task Force.
- July 1-2.
- Switching station phone software crash affects Washington, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, San Francisco.
- September 17.
- AT&T phone crash affects New York City and three airports.
Bruce Sterling
bruces@well.sf.ca.us
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