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Fermi Lab Compromised by Pirate

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. Arr matey! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yo ho ho, and a bottle of plutonium. 13 men on a chest full of spent rods, me hearties! Yearrrgh!

  2. Avast ye Mateys... by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'll take all your Pieces of eight!.

    If you'd like to be a pirate remember that there are only 228 days until Sept 19, the official Talk like a Pirate Day

  3. he got off lightly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    must've had the right connections

  4. UK student? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I interviewed for several government labs recently, and was under the impression that only U.S. citizens were eligible under the patriot act. What is the current policy on non-citizens/permanent residents in government facilities?

  5. YOU BELONG IN ONE OF THESE VILLAGES by way2trivial · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    according to my t-SHIRT
    you are also insane

    --
    every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
  6. Press release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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