[Imc] [Fwd: FBI interrupts Chicago 2600 meeting, alleges link to cyanide-terror]

[Duane Whittingham]

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51648,00.html

    Cyanide Anarchist a Hacker, Too?
    By Declan McCullagh (declan at wired.com)

    2:00 a.m. April 9, 2002 PDT
    A 25-year-old anarchist who goes by the moniker "Dr. Chaos" is not
    only accused of being a potential cyanide-terrorist. The FBI also
    believes that Joseph Konopka, charged with illegally possessing
sodium
    cyanide and potassium cyanide, is a nefarious computer hacker with
    ties to 2600 magazine.

    On Friday, about nine FBI agents swooped down on a public
gathering of
    hackers loosely associated with 2600 and interrogated attendees
about
    subway tunnels in Chicago, Illinois, where Konopka allegedly
stashed
    over a pound of poison.

    "He had met with members of this group once or more than once in
the
    past," Ross Rice, a spokesman for the Chicago FBI office, said on
    Monday.

    On the first Friday of every month, self-described hackers in
scores
    of cities convene for 2600 meetings -- events that are part social
    gathering, part tech-tip swapping and sometimes a recruitment
    opportunity for local Internet firms.

    Around 6 p.m. last Friday, FBI agents surrounded the roughly 15
    attendees at the Chicago-area 2600 gathering, held in the Great
Hall
    at Union Station. Attendees said that the agents showed them a
photo
    of Konopka and asked questions about chemical agents, explosives,
and
    tours of the subway system.

    [...]


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