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Mitnick Helps Bust Bomb Hoaxer

Posted by simoniker on from the you-go-girl dept.

PhrostyMcByte writes "According to The Register/SecurityFocus: 'Ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick is a hero to the small town of River Rouge, Michigan, after using his tech skills to help officials nab the culprit behind a harrowing series of bomb threats.'" According to the piece, Detective Lt. John Keck "began searching the Internet for technical guidance, which led him to Kevin Mitnick, who'd earlier demonstrated a technique for spoofing Caller ID on the specialty cable network TechTV." Mitnick's comment on the bomb hoaxer? "He wasn't really hacking... he was really just being a jerk."

13 of 403 comments (clear)

  1. Why the focus on Mitnick and the hoaxer? by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I want to hear more about these amazing, ordnance-bearing breasts!

    One wonders exactly what Mitnick was asked to do in his, ahem, supporting role...

    (No, wait--come back! I'll be good from now on!)

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    Obliteracy: Words with explosions

  2. ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TO KEVIN MITNICK

  3. Who's driving the boat? by pegr · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Mitnick assists police in finding bomb hoaxer" Monday May 03, @10:12AM Rejected

    (sigh...)

    1. Re:Who's driving the boat? by SoCalChris · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You do realize that after a story is accepted, it sits in a que for a while before making it to the main page, right? So even though the story was posted after your submission, it was probably accepted before you submitted yours. Or maybe your summary sucked and the editors liked this one better.

      Calm down though, it's just a /. submission, not something important.

    2. Re:Who's driving the boat? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Stories can sit in the queue for several hours before being posted.

  4. I'd like to think my web work might help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Perhaps my Usenet expose on drinking all that cough syrup might be helpful in solving some future investigations. Detectives are invited for discussions at any time.

  5. Re:im guessing you were not popular in high school by RobertB-DC · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    and now have an angry grudge

    Well, duh. This is Slashdot, after all...

    (p.s. your website is dixiechicks.com... just making sure you know that)

    No, it's not. It's dixie dash chicks dot com. Big difference, at least to us not- popular- in- high- school types.

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    Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
  6. Re:pay it forward. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that was the gayest movie ever.

  7. Mitnick is my hero! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I want to be like him. A smooth operating fighting back against George W. Bush and his Republican hacks on congress who are going to single-handedly destroy America. If Bush is elected again, America will not exist in 4 years. He is the most dangerous man in the world.

  8. Re:The "in crowd" gets slap-on-wrist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Any video evidence?

  9. Re:move along. by mal3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sure there is:

    70 MPH in a 65MPH zone.

    Downloading music online.

    Thumping someone over the head with a block of ice while they're swimming.

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    Non gratis rodentus anus
  10. Actually... by gumpish · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's:

    Somebody set up us the bomb.

    See for yourself.

  11. Re:move along. by zerocool^ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've always thought that the perfect murder weapon would be an icicle.

    ~Will

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    sig?