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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."
By fark.
Here's a link to The Screen Savers (on Tech TV) that has some information about what Adrian had to say when he called in live to speak with Leo.
-- Never monkey with another Monkey's monkey
No need to look for new exploits when the existing ones suffice..
1. Click on URL, you're redirected to registration/login page
2. Go to URL bar, replace "www" with "archive" in the URL, leaving the rest alone, and hit ENTER
3. The system will bounce you around a few erroneous URLs, before returning you to the homepage
4. All NYT links will now work without registration, thanks to a special cookie set by the bouncing process
I made a PHP/MySQL library that prevents SQL injection & makes coding easier!
actually there are companies whose sole income is breaking into networks to ensure they are at a certain level of security. This includes hacking (cracking, whatever) as well as social engineering.
Too bad that hack no longer works, atleast with Mozilla
It seems pretty obvious to me that hackers doing this sort of thing are simply trying to draw as much attention to themselves as possible, in order to boost their ego and enhance their career options.
Not at all like, say, teen athletes, who play sports for the sheer fun of it.
Besides, if he was so confident his activities were legal and ok, why is he running around from state to state, in hiding?
Well, according to the article, he's in California working on a documentary. Not exactly the kind of thing you'd do if you were "in hiding".
If he felt he had a strong case in his favor, you'd think he'd just turn himself in to the FBI right away, so he could show their folly in court and walk away righteous.
This just tells me he's not an idiot. Talking to a lawyer before the cops is good sense, and perfectly legal. Nothing in the law requires him to turn himself in, so he can take his own sweet time and make sure his rights are protected.
You got some kinda grudge against this guy, or did you just not read the article?
not the crime he did commit (to walk through an unlocked door).
Excuse my ignorance, but is this really a crime in the USA? AFAIK local laws, in Germany anyone can walk into any open (as in "not closed", not "not locked") area as it pleases him/her, until and only until, you say him he is not welcome. Then you can call the police if he stays or reenters.
That's probably why most estates have garden fences. Most of them don't stop anyone, but they declare the garden a "closed" area (presumed that the fence gate is closed, of course).
So, yes, I can simply walk into a stranger's house, as long as he left the door open, and given that I don't do anything illegal additionally, there was no crime. (But that doesn't mean that the owner won't call the police and the police won't hold me and investigate what illigal activity I might have done in the house, if I don't have a reasonable explanation for being in that house).
Keep an eye on which arguments are silently dropped in replies. Not always, but often times it's very telling.
Why bother when others have done all the the hard work for you?
Yeah, right.