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(Rev. 05-01-2008) UNCLASSIFIED FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 04/20/2009 To: Cyber Attn: CIU-1/SSA SSA Washington Field From: Washington Field be CR-17 / NVRA b7/C Contact: sat DIE Title: UNSUB(S); US COURTS - VICTIM; COMPUTER INTRUSION - OTHER Synopsis: To close case. Details: For background, the U.S. Courts implemented a pilot project offering free access to federal court records through the PACER system at seventeen federal depository libraries. From September 4 - 22, 2008, PACER was accessed by computers from outside the library utilizing login information from two libraries participating in the pilot project. The login information was compromised at the Sacramento County Public Law Library and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Library. The two accounts were responsible for downloading more than eighteen million pages with an approximate value of $1.5 million. Investigation determined that the Amazon IP address used to access the PACER system belongs to Aaron Swartz. Swartz refused an interview with the FBI, [~~] Swartz on his website pacer.resource.org, was interview by é€ FBI on April 15, 2009. Both Swartz and ere interviewed by the New York Times, regarding the bo | compromise of the PACER system. . b/c UNCLASSIFIED