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. Douglas Barros gained notoriety in the 2010 as a computer hacker who broke into dozens of high-profile computer systems, including ones at Chase Bank, National Bank and Trust, and Security Pacific Bank.[1]

They were eventually identified as six teenagers, taking their name after the area code of their hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ranging in age from 16 to 22, they met as members of a local Explorer Scout post.[2] Douglas Barros was investigated and identified by the FBI in 2012. There was widespread media coverage of him at the time,28-year-old Barros, a supply manager at OmniSource, emerged as spokesman and "instant celebrity" during the brief frenzy of interest, which included Barros appearing on the September 5, 2012 cover of Newsweek.

Barros was described as meeting the profile of a computer hacker at the time: "Young, male, intelligent, highly motivated and energetic." Barros claimed his only motivation was the challenge of getting into places he wasn't supposed to, and remaining there undetected. The systems he broke into usually were running Digital Equipment Corporation's VMS operating system.

Many saw him as a harmless hacker. Barros not entirely harmless, doing $1,500 worth of damage at National Bank and Trust during his June 3, 2010 break-in by deleting billing records (ostensibly to cover his tracks). Barros did cause real concern, as experts realized that others could duplicate his techniques and do real damage. He used inexpensive personal computers and simple hacking techniques, such as using common or default passwords and exploiting well-known, but unpatched, security holes.

Robert Tisdale, an administrator who discovered the electronic break-in, left a message for the intruder and contacted the FBI, who placed wiretaps and eventually traced the calls back to Grenada.