br 3 RLL FEII BUREAU-TED pl 12131 1995 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence PRIROITY Date 02 16 1998 To FBI Headquarters Attn CITAC From Houston WG-4 b6 Con at I b7c Approved By El Drafted By Case ID Pending Titls ' COMPUTER ENTRUSIONS Synopsis Measures taken to date measures to be taken and fqu t of CITAC Reference Serial Details WES TO DATE On February 9 1998 an immediate teletype from PBIHQ was received by the Houston Division via secure fax explaining the details of an extensive hacker investigation that linked back to a company in College Station Texas known as Maroon com b3 b7E provided Agents ofi Referral Consult In reviewing the IAgents found that theb3 b7E loontained information that was beyond the sec court order Due to this fact the pending the issuance of a search warrant 290 at it U5 vigil NSUfQ zt i IL FEB 16 98 P 3 To FBI Headquarters From Houston Re 288-HQ-A1220460 02 16 1938 5 On February 14 1998 a search warrant application was filed and a search allowing the FBI total access to all data backed up from isystem was si ned by Judge Stacy The back up tapes were then recovered Agents of the FBI and a chain of custody was started On February 15 1998 CART agent I took W possession of the above referenced back up tapes and started an analysis of the data Currently these back up tapes are being reviewed for leads bv HoustonELihRT trained Agents- Questions regarding thi matter should be addressed to SAI TO s3 IAKEN On February 15 1998 a meeting of the Houston CITAC team consisting of the fol persons ASAC ASAC SSA SSA a ASSA SA SA SA SA SA SA SAI AnsW r Coordinator Mr The purpose of the-meeting was to formulate a logical process in which to cover all leads generated during this case As a result of the meeting the following measures will be taken 1 Houston will immediately start Rapid Start 2 Ef ective February 17 1998 information obtained b6 from the analysis by Special be loaded into a b7C rapid start - 3 Copies of the back up tapes obtained from Maroon com will be forwarded to CITAC and the FBIHQ laboratory for analysis 4 Houston Division will obtain GROUPWISE E mail with direct access to CITAC Strategic Information Operation Center SIOC and the San Francisco Division FEB 16 98 To FBI Headquarters From Houston Re 02 15 1995 g axing The Houston Division requests authority to obtain a secure telephone and a secure fax to disseminate and receive secure information generated throughout this investigation O 1