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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. Money Making vs IP Stealing.... by cyberjoek · · Score: 0, Troll

    This person has gotta find something better to do with their time, how about oh I don't know, Science? Think if this person actuly learned some science instead of downloaded this stuff on these PCs. He might actuly be able to afford to pay for the stuff instead of steal it! -Joe Kavanagh