in 1999, case gained notoriety, media coverage, and a restitution bill for defacing the web site of nasa’s goddard space flight center with a modified frontend for a commonly used msadc.pl exploit. other united states government websites that were hacked include the bureau of land management's national training center and the defense contract audit agency. at least 40 other websites were tampered with by case, including airspace usa, the bank altamira, nissan motors, honda, the monitoring station for the united states geological survey and the texas department of public safety. case stated he believed he was "on the good side" as he broke into company websites to alert them of security problems, not to cause harm. in may 2000 case was charged with criminal mischief and computer crime for breaking into the colorado springs city website, causing an estimated $25,000 in damages, though all $25,000 are costs of "time lost" to users.