Mitnick Helps Bust Bomb Hoaxer

Posted by simoniker on Monday May 3, 2004 @05:40AM 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."

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sorry, but... by Chuck+Bucket · 2004-05-03 05:47 · Score: 0, Redundant

somebody set us up the bomb!

CBV

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Re:move along. by SphericalCrusher · 2004-05-03 06:05 · Score: 0, Redundant

Don't continue to call over and over... Throw the cellphone away after using it. Also make sure that none of the info is registered under your name...

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Re:move along. by gid · 2004-05-03 08:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

No, it wasn't kind of funny.

I believe Keck meant funny strange, not funny haha. No one's argueing the bomb threats weren't a waste of everyone's time.