Computer Security Handbook, Fifth Edition

CHAPTER 2

HISTORY OF COMPUTER CRIME

M. E. Kabay

2.1 WHY STUDY HISTORICAL RECORDS?

2.2 OVERVIEW

2.3 1960S AND 1970S: SABOTAGE

2.3.1 Direct Damage to Computer Centers

2.3.2 1970–1972: Albert the Saboteur

2.4 IMPERSONATION

2.4.1 1970: Jerry Neal Schneider

2.4.2 1980–2003: Kevin Mitnick

2.4.3 Credit Card Fraud

2.4.4 Identity Theft Rises

2.5 PHONE PHREAKING

2.5.1 2600 Hz

2.5.2 1982–1991: Kevin Poulsen

2.6 DATA DIDDLING

2.6.1 Equity Funding Fraud (1964–1973)

2.6.2 1994: Vladimir Levin and the Citibank Heist

2.7 SALAMI FRAUD

2.8 LOGIC BOMBS

2.9 EXTORTION

2.10 TROJAN HORSES

2.10.1 1988 Flu-Shot Hoax

2.10.2 Scrambler, 12-Tricks and PC Cyborg

2.10.3 1994: Datacomp Hardware Trojan

2.10.4 Keylogger Trojans

2.10.5 Haephrati Trojan

2.10.6 Hardware Trojans and Information Warfare

2.11 NOTORIOUS WORMS AND VIRUSES

2.11.1 1970–1990: Early Malware Outbreaks

2.11.2 December 1987: Christmas Tree Worm

2.11.3 November 2, 1988: Morris Worm

2.11.4 Malware in the 1990s

2.11.5 March 1999: Melissa

2.11.6 May 2000: I Love You

2.12 SPAM

2.12.1 1994: Green Card Lottery Spam

2.12.2 Spam Goes Global

2.13 DENIAL OF SERVICE

2.13.1 1996: Unamailer

2.13.2 2000: MafiaBoy

2.14 HACKER UNDERGROUND OF THE 1980S AND 1990S

2.14.1 1981: Chaos Computer Club

2.14.2 1982: The 414s

2.14.3 1984: Cult of the Dead Cow

2.14.4 1984: 2600: The Hacker Quarterly

2.14.5 1984: Legion of Doom

2.14.6 1985: Phrack

2.14.7 1989: Masters of Deception

2.14.8 1990: Operation Sundevil

2.14.9 1990: Steve Jackson Games

2.14.10 1992: L0pht Heavy Industries ...