Alleged Hacker Freed on $50,000 Bond
A former Los Alamos (N.M.) National Laboratory computer specialist accused of hacking was freed on $50,000 bond and ordered to stay away from computers and several other electronic devices.
Jerome Heckenkamp, 22, was charged last year in federal courts in San Jose and San Diego with breaking into the networks of EBay, Exodus Communications, Qualcomm, Juniper Networks, E-Trade, Lycos Inc. and Cygnus Support Solutions, causing more than $1 million in damage.
The acts allegedly occurred when Heckenkamp was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, before he worked at Los Alamos.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Trumbull freed Heckenkamp on $50,000 bond.
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