Editing Operation Sundevil (section)

==Action==
Along with the [[Chicago]] Task Force and the [[Arizona]] [[Organized crime|Organized Crime]] and [[Racketeering]] Bureau, the operation involved raids in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Plano, Texas|Plano]], [[Cincinnati]], [[Detroit]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Miami]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Pittsburgh]], [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], [[San Diego]], [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[San Francisco]], and [[Seattle]]. The raids were centered in Arizona, where the press conference occurred.<ref name="Newsbytes" />

Raids generally took place in middle-class suburbs and targeted [[credit card]] thieves and telephone abusers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://w2.eff.org/legal/cases/SJG/?f=gurps_labor_lost.article.txt|title=Gurps' Labour Lost|last=Sterling|first=Bruce|publisher=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]|access-date=2009-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206161302/https://w2.eff.org/legal/cases/SJG/?f=gurps_labor_lost.article.txt|archive-date=2017-02-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> They were carried out by local police, with the aid of over 150 Secret Service agents, FBI and CIA.<ref name="Sterling3" /> Twenty-seven [[Warrant (law)|search warrants]], resulting in three arrests, were issued and executed on May 7 and 8, 1990.<ref name="DataChannels">{{cite journal|date=May 16, 1990|title=Three arrested in nationwide sting against computer hackers|journal=Data Channels|publisher=Phillips Publishing Inc}}</ref> Police also took around 42 computers and approximately 25 BBSes, including some of the most infamous and elite hacking BBSs in the world at that time, such as Cloud Nine. This was the largest crackdown on electronic bulletin boards in world history. Finally, about 23,000 [[floppy disk]]s were also seized. These held a variety of data, including software, phreaking and hacking tools, tens of thousands of credit card details, and a plethora of illegal copyrighted material. The three people arrested were "Tony the Trashman," "Dr. Ripco," and "Electra."<ref name="Sterling3" />

Other parts of the operation targeted the underground [[Online magazine|ezine]] ''[[Phrack]]'', which had published the contents of a proprietary text file copied from [[BellSouth]] computers and containing information about the [[Enhanced 9-1-1|E911]] emergency response system, although this was later made null in a court case in which it was proven that the same information about the E911 system was also provided to the public through a mail-order catalog.<ref name="Sterling2">{{cite book |last=Sterling |first=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Sterling |title=[[The Hacker Crackdown]]: Law And Disorder On The Electronic Frontier |access-date=2009-03-08 |year=1994 |publisher=Bantam Books |location=New York |isbn=0-553-56370-X |chapter=Part Two: The Digital Underground |chapter-url=http://www.farcaster.com/sterling/part2.htm |archive-date=2008-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225012409/http://www.farcaster.com/sterling/part2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>