The Holy Grail.

So we came and conquered and found; riches of Commons and Kings.

— from `River Runs Red', Blue Sky Mining.

There it was, in black and white. Two articles by Helen Meredith in The Australian in January 1989.2 The whole Australian computer underground was buzzing with the news.

The first article appeared on 14 January:

Citibank hackers score $500,000

An elite group of Australian hackers has lifted more than $US500,000 ($580,000) out of America's Citibank in one of the more …

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