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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. Pirate?? by Lumpy · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Arr! There they be mayties! pillage the lot and rape the cattle! The rest of you grab the booty! Arr!

    Oh yeah, I'm sure it was a pirate...

    ya gotta love the stupidity that is the press these days.

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