JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Well, now the U.S. investigation into a rash of cyber attacks on popular Internet Web sites. CNN's justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has some new information on that -- Pierre.</s>PIERRE THOMAS, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Judy, CNN has learned the FBI is preparing to seize computers at undisclosed locations in California and Oregon as they move to unravel a wide-scale hacking blitz on popular Web sites. According to sources familiar with the investigation, the FBI is targeting computers it believes were used in the attack on cnn.com's Web site and possibly others earlier this week. The FBI's investigators discovered a computer system at the University of California at Santa Barbara was used in the attack on cnn.com.</s>PROF. ROBERT SUGAR, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA: We were victimized. And even -- and, you know, that is very upsetting. The university depends on openness and exchange of knowledge. And the Internet is a tremendous boon to the University, not just our university, but universities in general, for exchanging information. And attacks like this are tremendously disruptive and attack one of the -- some of the fundamental things we're trying to do.</s>THOMAS: The university and -- the university computer and possibly others sent millions of messages to flood cnn.com, blocking customer access. The FBI is making progress, but they say it may be some time before they can completely follow this emerging electronic trail and make any arrests -- Judy.</s>WOODRUFF: All right, Pierre Thomas, thank you very much.
FBI Prepares to Seize Computers Possibly Used in Hacker Attacks