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Computer History, 1989: The Queen Of The Hackers Tracked Down By U.S. Secret Service

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jan. 19, 2026 –Watch the YouTube video On Aug. 17, 1990, a federal judge sentenced a Chicago woman to 27 months in prison for masterminding a nationwide ring of computer hackers that stole more than $1.6 million of telephone and computer service from various companies, according to the Chicago Tribune. Leslie Lynne Doucette, 35 at the time, was given credit f…
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Cybercrime Magazine broke the news in on Monday, January 19, 2026.
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