> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.ufohackers.org/hackers/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://www.ufohackers.org/hackers/mathew-bevan/bevan-overview.md).

# Bevan Overview

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## Mid-'90s: Mathew Bevan

* **1994** [Mathew "Kuji" Bevan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Bevan)\
  Inspired by the articles in Phrack, (and a rumor about Project Green Cheese being a group of 40 hackers who went missing,) Bevan used a Commodore Amiga 500 and Commodore Amiga 1200 to penetrate the US Air Force, NASA, and NATO.  
* **1996** Bevan is arrested [and considered an accomplice of Richard "Datastream Cowboy" Pryce](https://irp.fas.org/congress/1996_hr/s960605b.htm). However, Bevan is let off 18 months later due to lack of evidence. (The US was unwilling to provide evidence of military digital intrusion to a UK court.)  
* **1996** [New York Times article](https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/24/world/2d-briton-is-charged-in-computer-spying.html) when Bevan was arrested.  
* **1997** [The Independent article](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/court-frees-man-in-military-hacking-case-1295386.html) when Bevan was released.  
* **1997** [Times of London article](https://web.archive.org/web/20001214002200/http://www.ufomind.com/ufo/updates/1997/nov/m24-016.shtml) when Bevan was released.  
* **1999** [Interview of Bevan by Matthew Williams](https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/secret_projects/project159.htm)  

[Periodicals](http://www.kujimedia.com/gallery/), [newspapers](https://www.kujimedia.com/tag/kuji/page/4/), and [the media](http://www.kujimedia.com/musings/) covered Bevan's case extensively, along with other  sources.  

* Interview by David Glover: [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtItL-lNAE)  
  * BBC #1: [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUBHs5YI27s)  
  * BBC #2: [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky3dEHS5VAs)  
  * HTV: [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpsjKbbI880)  
  * Wales Tonight: [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbDnxd6BzEc)  
* **1999** [U.S. info-warriors crap out in Crown Court](http://web.archive.org/web/19990508120956/http://www.soci.niu.edu/~crypt/other/afosi.htm). (Archive)  
* **2003** [Hacking U.S. Government Computers from Overseas](http://web.archive.org/web/20030306080356/http://www.wasc.noaa.gov/wrso/security_guide/hacking.htm). (Archive)  

> *“Nearly started a third world war.”* - Jim Christy, AFOSI  

> *“Possibly the single biggest threat to world peace since Adolf Hitler.” -* a Pentagon source  

Historical details about Bevan's case are discussed in this [Twitter](https://x.com/mrjeffknox/status/1936268937467248736) or [BlueSky thread](https://bsky.app/profile/mrjeffknox.bsky.social/post/3ls3ncfx7gk2u) by Jeff Knox.

Technical details about Bevan's hack are discussed in [this Twitter thread by @hackerfantastic](https://web.archive.org/web/20220519145556/https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/1527301954208092160). He accomplished this using a [bluebox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_box) and a USR 14.4K dial-up modem.  

Of note is that he got into a Wright-Patterson Air Force Base system that took no password and [saw plans for an antigravity drive](https://web.archive.org/web/20010306071223/http://www.artgomperz.com/a1998/jan/wpafb.html):  

> In getting into that there was one machine on the network where I read current files and future project proposals. I read documents which gave me the impression that they had an anti-gravity engine which was capable of at least Mach 12 to Mach 15. I don't know how exactly how fast that is but I think that is faster than most aircraft we know of today. Supposedly the aircraft which employs this engine uses a reactor to which there were a lot of detailed numbers and figures for, but I have no idea what all this meant. I can remember that the documents referred to a super heavy element, whatever that means. The element is the main fuel for the reactor. The engine worked by making a disturbance of molecules at the front of the craft so that it was able to stop the inertia or G-force inside the craft. I got the impression that this information was the type of material I was looking for because it was far in advance of our current technology and could be something to do with the Roswell UFO. Finding this threw me because I didn't know if this information was a disinformation exercise and that people were meant to get in and find this stuff or if it was real. I can't be sure and this is the one annoying thing.  

Bevan also says,  

> I like to think what I saw was not misinformation.