
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 9, 1990                   TAG: 9005090739
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/3   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

INVESTIGATORS PROBE FRAUD BY HACKERS

The Secret Service is conducting a coast-to-coast investigation into the unauthorized use of credit-card numbers and long-distance dialing codes as well as illegal entry into computer systems by hackers, according to sources.

Search warrants were obtained by the Secret Service to conduct searches Tuesday in 13 cities: Phoenix, Ariz., Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, N.J., New York, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Va., Plano, Texas; San Diego and San Jose, Calif.

- Associated Press

by CNB