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Adrian Lamo Charged With Hacking

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the high-profile-hacking dept.

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."

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  1. Enter the Matrix by GillBates0 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    So there's this hacker, and the blacks come after him, stake him out, and try to take him away...hmmm...I've heard that before.

    I know what happens next...the "good guys" will try to save him from the agents.

    Remember Lamo, choose the red pill.

    --
    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
  2. Re: hacking and intentions.... by aricusmaximus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So what? The end result is positive. If a person points out critical security flaws in your system, he's doing a service for you. True, it's obnoxious and even a little scary that the person could stick his/her nose that far into your system,

    Being confident that what you're doing is okay doesn't mean necessarily that you trust that the legal system/government won't fuck you over. Ruby Ridge or Waco anyone?

    What's the point in driving white-hats underground? What they do is good for the internet community. And the NY Times is being a bunch of wrongheaded dicks for fucking with that.