This is what the internet looks like, in case anyone was wondering.
p.s. Don't try to watch this unless you are from the UK.
US Secret Seervice to be Subpoenaed Monday
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mprhchess wrote:
how did this get to be a hot topic again?
Because I made a post!
Its good to be the KING!
artfizz wrote:
This is what the internet looks like, in case anyone was wondering.
p.s. Don't try to watch this unless you are from the UK.
That cat looks an awful lot like Saboo.
Mr. Alexander was Susan Polgar's web person.
INDICTMENT
The Grand Jury charges:
INTRODUCTORY ALLEGATIONS
At all times relevant to this Indictment:
The United States Chess Federation (USCF), headquartered in Crossville, Tennessee, was a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1939 for chess players and chess supporters consisting of over 80,000 members and 2,000 affiliated chess clubs and organizations.
2. Yahoo! (Yahoo) was an Electronic Communications Service Provider providing
electronic mail ("e-mail") and other services to the public in the United States and abroad, and its e-mail computers and servers for the yahoo.com domain were located in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo's e-mail accounts required the entry of the account holder's usernarne and password before access to the account was granted.
3. Randall Hough (Hough) was a resident of Alhambra, California and a member of the USCF's Board of Directors. Hough was the subscriber of the e-mail account: randallhough@yahoo.com provided by Yahoo. Hough did not authorize anyone to access his Yahoo e-mail account.
4. Gregory Alexander (ALEXANDER) was a resident of Everett, Washington, and worked in the Internet Technology offices of the University of Washington. ALEXANDER also served as a volunteer web developer who maintained and moderated the Chess Discussion Forum on the website known as chessdiscussion.com
6. The factual allegations in paragraphs 1 through 4 are re-alleged and incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
7. On or about the dates set forth below, in the Northern District of California, GREGORY ALEXANDER
I Tue 23:49:44 (PST) 24-Jun-2008
2 Mon 00:17:27 (PST) 23-Jun-2008
3 Sat 00:54:31 (PST) 21-Jun-2008
4 Mon 07:52:46 (GMT) 02-Jun-2008
intentionally and without authorization accessed a protected computer, to wit: the e-mail server operated by Yahoo administering the e-mail account randallhough@vahoo.com, by means of interstate communications, and thereby obtained information from said protected computer, on the dates and times as set forth below:
Tue 23:49:44 (PST) 24-Jun-2008
Mon 00:17:27 (PST) 23-Jun-2008
Sat 00:54:31 (PST) 21-Jun-2008
Mon 07:52:46 (GMT) 02-Jun-2008
Thu 06:53:44 (GMT) 29-May-2008
Sat 06:52:13 (GMT) 19-Apr-2008
Thu 06:56:55 (GMT) 18-Apr-2008
Wed 06:34:24 (GMT) 16-Apr-2008
Tue 00:43:49 (PST) 15-Apr-2008
Mon 07:22:59 (GMT) 14-Apr-2008
Sun 08:14:05 (GMT) 13-Apr-2008
Sat 08:22:24 (GMT) 12-Apr-2008
Fri 00:35:02 (PST) 11-Apr-2008
Thu 01:28:50 (PST) 10-Apr-2008
Fri 22:33:14 (PST) 10-Apr-2008
Wed 08:49:09 (GMT) 12-Mar-2008
Sun 11:02:28 (GMT) 09-Mar-2008
Sat 09:06:32 (GMT) 08-Mar-2008
Wed 08:02:06 (GMT) 05-Mar-2008
Tue 08:33:27 (GMT) 04-Mar-2008
Sun 08:53:12 (GMT) 02-Mar-2008
Sat 08:50:33 (GMT) 01-Mar-2008
Tue 09:24:49 (GMT) 26-Feb-2008
Sun 09:38:17 (GMT) 17-Feb-2008
Sun 09:30:06 (GMT) 17-Feb-2008
Sun 08:54:02 (GMT) 20-Jan-2008
Fri 07:59:00 (GMT) 18-Jan-2008
28 Thu 06:49:03 (GMT) 17-Jan-2008
29 Wed 09:34:00 (GMT) 02-Jan-2008
30 Sat 00:42:07 (PST) 01-Dec-2007
31 Fri 23:57:25 (PST) 29-Nov-2007
32 Wed 08:04:02 (GMT) 28-Nov-2007
33 Tue 08:03:31 (GMT) 27-Nov-2007
34 Mon 09:00:49 (GMT) 26-Nov-2007
All in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1030(a)(2)(C) and (c)(2)(B)(ii).
COUNT THIRTY-FIVE: (18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1)--Aggravated Identity Theft)
8. The factual allegations in paragraphs 1 through 4 are re-alleged and incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
9. On or about November 2007 and continuing through on or about August 2008, in the Northern District of California,
GREGORY ALEXANDER
did knowingly possess and use, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person, that is, the username and password used to access information on a computer, during and in relation to an offense under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1030(a)(2)(C) and (c)(2)(B)(ii), namely, felony fraud in connection with computers, said offense being a felony enumerated in 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1).
JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO United States Attorney
MATTHEW A. PARRELLA
Chief, Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Unit
According to my backup internet--on punch cards--Alexander was a Macedonian.