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Fermi Lab Compromised by Pirate

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the avast-me-hardy dept.

tttonyyy writes "The US Department of Energy sounded a full scale alert after machines were compromised at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, according to this BBC article. It turns out that the hacker was a student using the machines to download and store music and movies."

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  1. Education/Resach network by tr0llb4rt0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    used to store MP3's and DIVX's.

    Shock Horror ...

    Now if he'd accessed the controls for particle accelerator and was able to spin it up then thats news. :-D

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  2. Hacker's download list by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny
    On the hacker's download list:

    The China Syndrome

    re*ac*tor by Neil Young

    Duke Nukem Platinum Edition

    Christmas at Ground Zero by Weird Al

    The Atomic Cafe

    Everyone's favorite video clip of Janet Jackson's right breast

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    1. Re:Hacker's download list by SuiteSisterMary · · Score: 5, Funny

      And somewhere, there is a hacker feverishly writing a visualization plugin for WinAmp to make use of that particle accelerator to make some really bitchin diplays.

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  3. It could have been worse. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This hacker could have inadvertaintly invented cold fusion just before Morgan Freeman destoyed chicago in an attempt to keep him from hooking up with Kate Winslet on his super-sonic 50cc Kawasaki.

    I know for a fact this could have been worse. I saw it at the theater. Full price.

  4. Theoretical News Flash from Fermi Labs by E-Tigger · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a surprise announcement from Fermi Labs, it would seem that the basic building blocks of matter, created from our accelerator tests is in fact, pr0n.

    In fact there seemed to be quite a lot of it in our reports, as well as some indication that the sound of the big bang was in fact a Britney Spears mp3...