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WarTalking Arrest

Posted by Hemos on from the get-yer-cuffs-on dept.

PhotonSphere writes "Having helped organize HoustonWireless.org, this really caught my attention! A Houston computer security analyst has been charged with 'hacking' after demonstrating the insecurity of a court's wireless LAN! This happened Wednesday and is only now getting the attention of the wireless community. The Register has the full story."

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  1. One omission in the articles... by D'Arque+Bishop · · Score: 5, Informative

    This isn't the first time the Houston Chronicle (which the Register references) has reported on this story. What they're leaving out in this article is that the county official that Puffer demonstrated the breakin to was, in fact, the equivalent of the head of IT for the county. So, one wonders if indeed that could be counted as having permission...

    (I don't remember what his exact title was, and I don't remember the links offhand, but the official was definitely the head of the county's equivalent of an IT department.)

    Just my $.02...

    1. Re:One omission in the articles... by D'Arque+Bishop · · Score: 4, Informative

      (I don't remember what his exact title was, and I don't remember the links offhand, but the official was definitely the head of the county's equivalent of an IT department.)

      I just found an older link. It was Steve Jennings, head of the County Technology Department. Also, the article shows just exactly how badly Bacarisse reacted, inclusing saying "hackers, terrorists or anyone else intending harm would be detected long before they could do any damage or use the system illegally."

      You can read the rest for yourself here.

      Just my $.02...