[Imc] [Fwd: FBI interrupts Chicago 2600 meeting, alleges link to cyanide-terror]
Duane Whittingham
radiodude at logonix.net
Tue Apr 9 19:56:52 UTC 2002
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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