FEDS LOCK UP 'AGENT STEAL'

   High-profile hacker Justin Petersen has come down a couple notches. As
   punishment  for  skipping  his  probation,  a  US District Court judge
   sentenced  the  flamboyant  computer  criminal,  known  for his flashy
   lifestyle, to five months in a federal prison.

   Before  his  probation,  Petersen  had  spent  41 months in jail for a
   variety  of  computer-related  crimes including credit card fraud. His
   supervised release was granted on the condition that he stay away from
   computers when not at work, and his original sentence had been delayed
   while he worked with the FBI to spy on other hackers. Petersen, a.k.a.
   "Agent  Steal,"  boasts that he helped ensnare Kevin Mitnick, the only
   hacker to make the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list.