Section A ยท Page 8 The University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 23, 1998 KU PRE-DENTAL CLUB TRIP TO UMKC DATE: FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1-4:30 P.M. WHO: ANYONE INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO UMKC OR DENTAL SCHOOL IN GENERAL IN APPLICANTS, TO TALK TO CURRENT STUDENTS AND FACULTY, AND TO TRY OUT SOME HANDS ON LAB WORK. WHAT: TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE LOOKS FOR CURRENT STUDENTS AND RSVP: MEL 331-0565 OR EMILY 331-3120 BY THURSDAY, APRIL 23rd "We will meet at 12 p.m. on Friday outside 1005 Haworth to car-pool to UMKC. We hope you join us! It will be an exciting and productive afternoon! 48 Students share: Insights on a Week of Service 5:30-7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 25 Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union All are welcome to attend. For more Information, call the CCO office at 864-4073 http://www.ukans.edu/~asb Join us! 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Hackers crack security code at Pentagon, steal software The Associated Press NEW YORK โ€” In what one security expert said may be the most serious intrusion to date, computer hackers have broken into a Pentagon network, stolen software for a military satellite system and threatened to sell it to terrorists. The hackers, who call themselves "Masters of Downloading/2016216," claim to have broken into the system in October but waited until last week to contact security expert John Vranesevich and tell him about it. however, Gideon Samid, a computer security expert who has done work for the Pentagon, cautioned that most intrusions tend to be far worse than the government acknowledges. The stolen software coordinates the military's Global Positioning System, which is used to target missiles and enables troops to pinpoint their positions with extreme accuracy. The system uses dozens of satellites and has been a key component of the U.S. military since the Gulf War. Defense Department representative Susan Hansen said the Pentagon's Defense Information Systems Agency was looking into the matter. She said the stolen software does not contain classified information. Vranesevich said the intrusion could be one of the most serious break-ins of a government network to date. Vranesevich recently was involved in tracking the Israeli hacker known as "Analyzer," who broke into Pentagon computer systems in February. thenett should concern people, said Vranesevich, who interviewed the hackers on his Web site. "Most hacks fall into one category: when a group of kids do the cyberspace equivalent of graffiti. This group is in a whole different category." Vranesevich interviewed the hackers via Internet chat and email. The Defense Department confirmed the software the hackers have was genuine. It was during these interviews that members of the group said they might sell the information. "Most hacks fall into one category: when a group of kids do the cyberspace equivalent of graffiti. This group is in a whole different category." John Vranesevich Security expert "The information is very dangerous in the wrong hands," one of the hackers said. "I think international terrorist groups would be interested in the data we could gain access to," wrote one member. "Governments would buy it for intelligence purposes." Vransevich said members of the group range in age from 19 to 28, which makes them older than the average hacker. The group claims to have 15 members โ€” eight in the United States, five in Britain and two in Russia. Mother takes plea bargain for death 19-year-old agrees to manslaughter for murder of baby The Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. โ€” A 19-year-old former college student accused of helping her boyfriend kill their newborn son pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday, 1 1/2 years after the baby's body was found wrapped in plastic in a motel trash bin. stood her actions, her voice cracking. Amy Grossberg entered the courtroom convulsing with tears and embraced her parents and other family members before attorney John Malik put his arm around her and led her to the counsel's table in the front of the room. After entering her plea, she answered routine questions about whether she under- Grossberg, then a freshman art student at the University of Delaware, and her boyfriend Brian Peterson, also 19, both initially were charged with first-degree murder in their baby's death in November 1996. Prosecutors had suggested they might seek the death penalty. The plea agreement with Grossberg was reached after her lawyers saw a transcript of an interview Peterson had with prosecutors, The (Wilmington) Neus Journal reported Tuesday. Sources told the newspaper the boy was blue at delivery, and Peterson thought he was dead. "He said the baby was blue and Grossberg was yelling, 'Get rid of it! Get rid of it!"' a source said. Peterson and Grossberg, both from the affluent suburb of Ywckoff, N.J., had contended the baby was stillborn. State coroners said the boy was born alive at full term and died of multiple skull fractures caused by blunt trauma and shaking. Grossberg was to go on trial next month on charges that included second-degree murder. If convicted, she could have faced up to life in prison. Manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of 10 years. Under sentencing guidelines, Grossberg and Peterson could get 2 1/2 years each. Both are free on bonds of $300, 000 each. Sentencing for Grossberg was set for July 9. After giving birth, Grossberg returned to her dorm. It was when she was hospitalized for apparent complications that authorities learned a baby was missing. Grossberg told authorities that Peterson had helped her.