MISSOURI MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF CRACKING 911 SYSTEM
(Feb. 17) A 19-year-old University of Missouri
has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he invaded the 911 emergency phone network for nine states, then passed along stolen information in an electronic publication.
Craig Neidorf was indicted earlier
this month along with Robert J. Riggs, 20, of Decatur, Ga. They are charged with interstate transportation of stolen property, wire fraud and violations of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.
As reported earlier, prosecutors
allege the two used computers to enter the 911 system of Atlanta's Bell South and copied the program that controls and maintains the system. The stolen material then allegedly was published on a computer bulletin board system operating in the Chicago suburb of Lockport. Authorities contend Neidorf edited the data for an electronic publication known as "Phrack."
Associated Press writer Sarah Nordgren
reports that at a hearing Thursday, assistant US Attorney William Cook was granted a motion to prevent the 911 program from becoming part of the public record during the trial. US District Judge Nicholas Bua set April 16 as the trial date.
The 911 system in question controls
emergency calls to police, fire, ambulance and emergency services in cities in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.
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