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FBI Investigates Teen Hackers' Plot to Disrupt Internet on New Year's Eve

Calendar Jan 14, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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A group of teen and young adult computer hackers allegedly planned an international conspiracy in which they hoped to ``take down the Internet'' on New Year's Eve, federal agents in Los Angeles said on Friday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said . . . A group of teen and young adult computer hackers allegedly planned an international conspiracy in which they hoped to ``take down the Internet' on New Year's Eve, federal agents in Los Angeles said on Friday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it has seized computers, floppy disks, CD-ROMs and other related equipment for further investigation but have not made any arrests in the United States.

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