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6-Month Sentence for NASA Cracker

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the be-careful-who-you-crack dept.

lunartik noted an AP story running on a 6-month sentence given to Gregory Aaron Herns for cracking into the computer system at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. 'Herns told federal agents he was looking for computer space to store movies he'd downloaded. It took hours for technicians to find the problem, fix it and patch the system's security holes.'"

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  1. This isn't the place for this. by Lord+Kano · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What does this have to do with nerds? Nothing. It doesn't belong here.

    LK

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    "Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
  2. 6 minutes to boot an apple? by Eric604 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's seems awfully long.