Computer enthusiasts convicted of 'computer hacking' BT's Prestel service
Computer enthusiasts convicted of 'computer hacking' BT's Prestel service; ENGLAND: Edgeware:INTCS (Prestel logo appears on screen) Robert Schifreen SOT" - I thought that would be it and say sorry not valid, but I managed to get into Prestel. It was then asking me for a password, it has to be four numbers, so I tried 1,2,3,4.... and I was in....'CMS ROBERT SCHIFREEN (freelance journalist also accused of breaking into BT's Prestel service) interview SOT:(describing how he gained entry into Prestel computer and the information he found) - "It was really about six months after in October 84' that I called one of these test computers and found that although I got the normal Welcome to Presetel frame.... I could have then have gone in and looked at Prince Philip's mail (e-mail)....CS Reporter Gavin Scott asks question SOF - and did you do that? CMS ROBERT SCHIFREEN (freelance journalist also accused of breaking into BT's Prestel service) interview SOT: - Yes...Gavin Scott asks question SOF (heard only) - What did you discover?ROBERT SCHIFREEN (freelance journalist also accused of breaking into BT's Prestel service) interview SOT:- one, that it hadn't been read for nearly a year, and because it was just about the right time, it contained messages from .... congratulating him on the marriage of his son to Lady Diana...'Gavin Scott asks question SOF (heard only)- But you knew he hadn't actually read those messages...?ROBERT SCHIFREEN (freelance journalist also accused of breaking into BT's Prestel service) interview SOT:- He hadn't read them because the account hadn't been used for about seven or eight monthsVIDEO ex ENG (Hicks/Henley/Squires/Harding/Rich) / LIB (ITN)Tx 24.4.86/C4NARCHIVE TAPE & CAS 26311 86/C4N/27560 3:00 TO 12:50
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