Operation Cybersnare

Operation Cybersnare was a United States Secret Service operation in 1995 targeted at computer hackers.

In January 1995, the Secret Service set up an undercover bulletin board system in Bergen County, New Jersey. This was the first undercover Internet sting of its kind. With the help of an undercover informant, they advertised the bulletin board across the Internet. The topics for discussion were cellular telephone cloning and computer hacking.

In September, twelve raids across the country resulted in the arrest of six hackers. From the press release, those arrested were:

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