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Adrian Lamo Charged With Hacking
retro128 writes "Drifting around the US from state-to-state, Adrian Lamo has been making news for some time with his 'White Hat' hacking exploits. His highest-profile hacking has included Excite@Home and Yahoo. After he would break into a network, he would call up those in charge of it and help them fix the holes. So far, it has earned him praise from the administrators of those systems, but now SecurityFocus is carrying the story that the FBI has filed charges against him, and currently has his parents' house staked out. The records are sealed, so nobody knows who is responsible, but Lamo suspects the New York Times initiated the investigation when they found out how deep into their system he got."
Maybe the real problem that the New York Times has with Lamo is that he was able to read stories without having to register for a free account. (Hell, that stupid registration requirement make me want to hack them too.)
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So he's a gray hat hacker who has fallen into shadow. Will he come back as a white hat hacker, more powerful than before?
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YOU CANNOT BREAK THE LAW, EVEN FOR GOOD REASONS! IF YOU DO, EXPECT TO GO TO JAIL!
I would bust his skull open with my tire iron, then call the cops.
Okay, so busting this guys skull open is breaking the law for:
a) A good reason.
b) A bad reason.
c) No reason at all.
d) None of the above.
BTW, the thief will sue you from here to eternity. Maybe if you make it out of jail alive some day, you might be able to find a job to pay off that lifetime of debt to him.
; )
You can't just go around breaking open skulls because someone pisses you off. YOU CANNOT BREAK THE LAW, EVEN FOR GOOD REASONS! IF YOU DO, EXPECT TO GO TO JAIL!
War crimes, torture, lies, illegal spying... Would someone give Bush a blowjob, already, so he can be impeached?
They were worried he knew just how much of their news was faked.
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If the post man goes into your house, rumages around and then leaves you a note that your underwear is dirty and your out of milk he should be arested.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Yep, how do you think the New York Times felt when they'd heard that their site had been hacked by some Lamo? Of course they're going to take it personally! Now if they'd heard that Max Power had hacked into their site... that could have been another matter.