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Adrian Lamo Surrenders
clafarge writes "Three days after
Adrian Lamo was charged with hacking, he surrendered himself to marshals at the federal courthouse in Sacramento. This according to a story on the AP's LiveWire. He's accused of causing 'more than $25K damage to New York Times Co.,' and performing LexisNexis searches on his own name to the tune of $300K! I always find it interesting that so little tinkering can cause so much 'damage' (if you didn't get that wink, read the article about the nature of the 'damage'). He's in his parents' custody on $250K bail."
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adds links to the same AP article carried by Wired, InfoWorld, and C|Net, and points out that more coverage can be found via Google News.
He writes: "Adrian negotiated the terms of his surrender, which included the charges in the warrant issued against him being disclosed."
Start printing stickers that say "Adrian" which you can apply over the word "Kevin"..
Trolling is a art,
Aw crap.
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The man's name is Lamo. Hasn't he suffered enough?
maybe hes a terrorist now?
TOP STORY : The Associated Press website is under attack. A flood of connection attempts beginning at 02:52PM Eastern time have rendered the website unavailable. Initial reports suggest that this attack originates from an organization known as "Slashdot", however it is unclear whether this is a terrorist organization or whether terrorism is involved.
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
Good luck at your FBI job interview... er I mean hearing on Thursday.
He blew his cover and then surrendered?!
Boy what a Lamo
"There's no set architecture in Linux. All roads lead to madness" -Microsoft
And neither does the F.B.I..
Ummm... you should probably be worrying about that anyway.
I'd like to see how *your* computers handle a hacking attack from this guy.
So would I. It's hard to know about the flaws in your system--you pretty much keep things patched, watch the logs and hope. An email from a benevolent hacker that says "You really need to change..." would be appreciated.
IMHO, the analogy should be that his crime was saying, "The NYT keeps your credit card information on their kitchen table, and they don't even have a lock on their back door."
No, his crime was the break in. Exposing the Times's idiocy was what provided the motive to ensure that that crime was prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
To return to the house with the flawed lock analogy, what Lamo did was equivalent of opening your front door, and then announcing to everyone in the street that you have a taste for erotica featuring barnyard animals.
Very good point. Just one problem: If you look and weigh anything like the rest of us slashdotters, you may be setting your price a bit high. I've found that 10 cents (Canadian) is the most any one of us here can expect for our sexual services (we have to pay for the condom and flowers ourselves). The worse part is when they try to haggle and get more for the 10 cents. I once had to throw in a week of tech support for free.
Oh yeah? Well I cracked a gajillion passwords in 5 minutes with my Casio calculator watch. And then they made me president of the company.
So there.
Moron! You're just suppose to break in and steal stuff, not unlock the door, announce yourself to the occupants, then offer to buy them much better locks!
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
No. Purdue spends a LOT of money keeping track of students after graduation.
For the past ten years no matter how many times I move and DON'T forward my mail, those bastards keep finding me and keep asking for donations.