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.

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.