Hack the Army, Brag About it, Get Raided

SunCrushr was one of many who submitted this. A security company called ForensicTec decided to explore the U.S. government's computer systems, with particular emphasis on the Army. They talked to the press and had their fifteen minutes of fame. And surprise surprise, they immediately got raided by the FBI. What did they expect?

Comments

Authorization?

[renehollan]

What part of connecting the computers to the public internet and not firewalling inbound traffic was not authorization?

I don't get it.

Someone buys a house, leaves the door open, and posts a big, honking, lights flashing sign, that says "Enter".

Again, how is subsequent entry not authorized?

If you don't understand the Internet, stay the fuck away.

America America

[catwh0re]

America, America, land of the free...

Re:Publicly breakly the law is dumb

[Buzz_Litebeer]

So, if you leave your door open, I walk in, and don't do anything, and then later sent you a letter telling you your door was unlocked and that I walked around, and that anyone else could have walked around that you wouldn't be angry at the invasion of privacy?

Re:Why is this even news?

[nathanh]

Look if you want the virtual world to be treated like the real world (privacy, source code = speech, etc) then you have to accept it works both ways.

And you worked this out all by yourself?

Wow, you must be some kind of visionary.