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T-Moblile Cracker Pleads Guilty

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-directly-to-jail dept.

hackajar writes "The Register is reporting Nicholas Lee Jacobsen plead guilty to cracking into T-Mobile's phones. He was picked up in mid October of last year in the "Operation Firewall" sweep by the FBI. He faces "maximum five years' prison and a $250,000 fine" according to the site."

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  1. Re:Summary is misleading... by blowdart · · Score: 5, Funny

    he had no noble intensions in mind what so ever

    Whereas if he'd managed to use the intrustion to delete every single custom ringtone off every connected mobile he would have been sainted. :)

  2. 'Honest, Judge... by Sensible+Clod · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought I was accessing my WiFi AP. Its SSID was T-Moblile!"

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    The difference between spam and poop is that you don't have to dig through septic tanks looking for real food. -- Me
  3. Re:T-Moblile by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's "vendetta"

    HTH
    The Society For Correct Spelling.

  4. Re:Bad typo in *the first word of the headline*??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    You beat me to it.

    -1, spelling flame

  5. Re:ironic, bank lending = counterfeting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    All your dollars are worth-less.... buy gold now @ kitco.com

    If my dollars are worthless why are you going to give me gold for them?

  6. A mere pittance by QCompson · · Score: 5, Funny

    $250,000? That's nothing! At least he wasn't caught sharing four or five songs...

  7. Re:Summary is misleading... by milletre · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uhhhm, yes, the _crackers_ that crack viruses deserve no respect. Uhhhm, yes, the crackers that expose mal/spyware deserve no respect. Yes, the crackers that crack commercial drivers to find out how hardware should be programmed deserve no respect. Etc, to infinity.



    Please, let's leave race out of this.

  8. Re:Summary is misleading... by ozbon · · Score: 2, Funny

    And if he'd hacked into Nokia and deleted "the Nokia ringtone", he'd have been awarded next year's Nobel Peace Prize. *grin*

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  9. Re:Enlightenment by geoffspear · · Score: 2, Funny
    Maybe someone needs to inform the media that ESR has decided to deprecate the term they're using.

    I think they're more likely to keep using a real dictionary, though.

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