Sentence examples for a computer intruder from inspiring English sources

New accounts that were not created by the usual procedures raised a red flag: a computer intruder could be working his way into the software giant's network.

A computer intruder scooped 55,000 credit card numbers this week from Creditcards.com, a company that serves dozens of small and medium-sized merchants, and published the information on the Internet after unsuccessfully demanding payment to keep the data secret.

A computer intruder has written a program that has entered dozens of computers in a nationwide network in recent weeks, automatically stealing electronic documents containing users' passwords and erasing files to help conceal itself.

[B2.] Hacker Steals Credit Card Numbers A computer intruder copied 55,000 credit card numbers this week from Creditcards.com, a company that serves dozens of small and medium-size merchants, and published the information online after unsuccessfully demanding payment to keep the data secret.

"If the code is tamper-resistant to protect against a hostile computer intruder or virus, and detects a systemic anomaly, then an accidental launch is a real possibility," says Nolan, now a principal with the Phoenix Consulting Group of Huntsville, Ala., a corporate intelligence agency.

On the Web site SecurityFocus.com, a convicted computer intruder, Kevin Mitnick, echoed the law enforcement officials' words, warning that so much personal data drifts across the Net that "there's no doubt that the Internet makes it easier" to grab the kind of information that can be used to establish a new identity.

The company said in a letter to the victims that computer intruders used an authorization code from Ford Credit to get the credit reports from Experian, one of three major reporting agencies.

After taking over one computer, intruders insert into an e-mail conversation a message containing a digital attachment carrying malware that is highly likely to be opened by the second victim.

Attorney General Janet Reno and the United States attorney, Guy A. Lewis, issued statements signaling a tougher stance toward young computer intruders whose deeds might once have been deemed pranks.

That is a potentially invaluable tool for forensic analysis after a computer break-in, since one of the first things that most sophisticated computer intruders do after illicitly entering a computer is to erase the local log files to cover their tracks.

Michael Vatis, the head of the Dartmouth cybersecurity group and a former head of the National Infrastructure Protection Center, said the stereotype of computer intruders as thrill-seeking teenage loners was misleading.