Ehud Tenenbaum
| Ehud Tenenbaum | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 29, 1979 |
| Alias(es) | The Analyzer |
| Conviction(s) | Admitted to hacking US and Israeli computers, and plead guilty to conspiracy, wrongful infiltration of computerized material, disruption of computer use and destroying evidence |
| Penalty | Six months of community service, one year of probation, a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined about US$18,000 |
| Occupation | Computer security analyst |
Ehud Tenenbaum (born August 29, 1979) also known as The Analyzer, is an Israeli cracker from Hod HaSharon, Israel.
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[edit] Solar Sunrise
In 1998, the FBI arrested Tenenbaum for accessing computers belonging to NASA, The Pentagon and the Knesset.[1] At the time then-US Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre insisted was "the most organized and systematic attack to date" on US military systems.[2] The military thought that they were witnessing a sophisticated Iraqi 'information warfare'.[2] In an effort to stop the supposed Iraqi hackers the United States government assembled agents from the FBI, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, NASA, the US Department of Justice, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the NSA, and the CIA.[3] The government was so worried that the warning and briefings went all the way up to the President of the United States.[4] The investigation, code-named "Solar Sunrise," eventually snared two California teenagers (screen names Mac and Stimpy[3]) and Tenenbaum, but no Iraqi infowarriors.[5][6]
After the attack the FBI made a short 18min training video called, Solar Sunrise: Dawn of a New Threat that was sold as part of hacker defense course [6] that was discontinued in September 2004.[7]
[edit] Credit card fraud
His White hat hacker status did not last long as in September 2008 Tenenbaum was arrested by the Canadian police in Montreal and was charged with six counts of Credit card fraud, in the sum of approx. US$1.5 million dollars.[8] U.S. investigators suspect Tenenbaum of being part of a scam, in which the hackers penetrated financial institutions around the world to steal credit card numbers. They then sold these numbers to other people, who used them to perpetrate massive credit card fraud.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Reed, Dan; Wilson, David L. (November 6, 1998). "Whiz-kid hacker caught". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on October 7, 2000. http://web.archive.org/web/20001007150311/http://www.mercurycenter.com/archives/reprints/hacker110698.htm.
- ^ a b Kevin Poulsen (15 June 2001). "Solar Sunrise hacker ‘Analyzer’ escapes jail". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/15/solar_sunrise_hacker_analyzer_escapes/. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ a b Catherine M. Kiser FBI supervisory Special Agent (Video). Solar Sunrise: Dawn of a New Threat (VHS). America: FBI.
- ^ Interviews with Hacker Investigator John Vranesevich and BBC reporter Jane Corbin (July 3, 2000). "Cyber Attack!" (Audio). BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/817114.stm. Retrieved May 23, 2009. "Solar Sunrise was serious enough that our top defence department people described it as the most serious intrusion into the United States up to that point ... It went all the way up to the President of the United States it was that serious....Israeli youth about to be called up for his country's army, Ehud Tenebaum [was responsible]"
- ^ "Solar Sunrise". GlobalSecurity.org. 2009. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/solar-sunrise.htm. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ a b Kevin Poulsen (September 23, 2008). "Video: Solar Sunrise, the Best FBI-Produced Hacker Flick Ever". Wired News. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/video-solar-sun/. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ "Information Assurance Training Products/ Courses Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):". USA.gov. 2009. http://iase.disa.mil/eta/iaetafaq.html. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ Kim Zetter (March 24, 2009). "‘The Analyzer’ Hack Probe Widens; $10 Million Allegedly Stolen From U.S. Banks". Wired News. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/tag/ehud-tenenbaum/. Retrieved May 23, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Ofri Ilani (October 7, 2008). "Israeli hacker said behind global ring that stole millions". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1026626.html. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
