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Hilton Hacker Gets 11 Months
B747SP writes "Well, the guy who 'acquired' the contents of Paris Hilton's Sidekick telephone and published them on the Internet has had his day in court. T-Mobile USA and the State of Massachusetts are pleased to report that he has been sentenced to 11 months in a juvenile facility. He's also not allowed to own or use a computer, a cellphone, or any other device that can access the Internet for two years. It turns out that the Hilton hack was just one of many Bad Things(tm) that he had been up to: calling in bomb threats to schools, creating T-Mobile accounts for himself and his friends, breaking in to data broker LexisNexis' systems are just a few of his exploits."
An explanation of how Paris Hilton's Sidekick was hacked can be found here. A pretty interesting read.
//J
It's a deterrent in that if he gets caught, he's in violation of the court order which could get his ass thrown back in jail.
He most certainly was not Mitnicked, that would require 4 years of imprisonment without a trial. It would require overzealous prosecution by the state and the media. This kid got a speedy trial, not imprisonment without a trial, and a relatively light sentence considering the scope of his crimes.
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Casinos do hire reformed cheats and card counters. IMHO this is alot closer to what a cracker does. The FBI did hire an expert counterfeiter.
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With a DOS or the more popular Distributed version, it's just a matter of sheer strength.
The amount of bandwidth these kids can harness to sling around is amazing, have you been on IRC (preferably EFnet) much? Now, with non-inept systems admins, and network guys... DoS attacks can be thwarted somewhat
But, again, it's sheer power. Some kid has a bunch of obscure boxes rooted all sitting on fat pipes... it can be bad
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If you're talking about Glen A. Reed, here's the real scoop, from http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html:
"Said Glenn A. Reed, 31, upon being sentenced in Waco, Texas, in July to 99 years in prison as a habitual criminal (after rejecting a plea bargain that would have meant a 15-year sentence): "There's things I choose to do, like, if I go in a store and choose to take a Snickers bar, if you catch me, you catch me. If not, I'm going to go home and eat it up and go on about my business, dog."
Slashdot? Oh, I just read it for the articles.
The police could have the felon illegally get evidence that lets them know what the need to investigate, then all the need to do is find the right pretext to get at the data, like perhaps going into a business that the illegal investigation turned up some dirt on, buy something, and check the money you get back as change for drug residues (nearly 100% likely to be positive) and use that as a pretext for a drug investigation, and then "legally" find what you already illegally know and use the "legally" found info in court.
Or just watch those the illegal info points you to like a hawk so closely that you catch them in the act. Tail them and when they do a 36 in a 35, pull them over, say they look nervous, and search the car for example or have it sniffed for drugs possibly (have a K9 unit pull them over - have the dog and the cop go up to the suspects, etc).
Yes, the above isn't ethical, but it is possible.
And law enforcement does "hire" felons, just not on the payroll.
They are called "paid informants", or "rats".
Just because it CAN be done, doesn't mean it should!
In contrast, I'm betting this little hacker twerp is some wannabe who got ahold of a computer and read a couple of "howto" sites. He may or may not have the disposition of a hardened criminal, but until he does something original, nobody will notice him. Maybe if he's lucky, he'll get a wikipedia entry.
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Um - you all need to pay attention better - he got in because he guessed her password on the sidekick - easy social hacking actually - it was her dogs name.
I fail to see how thats t-mobiles fault - it's just that she's a complete idiot.
Um, the point is not that the criminal will use illegal techniques to gather evidence.
The point is that the criminal will be more comfortable with the illegal techniques others use, and be able to explain those techniques, expose whatever weaknesses to legal evidence-gathering they may have, and harden security against them.
I'm not saying it always makes sense to hire a criminal for a security job, but I can certainly see the advantages.
Actually, I watched a documentary about the celebrity publicity machine the other day. They mentioned Paris Hilton. Apparently, the public images of herself (as a party girl with loose morals and limited brains) and that of her sister (quiet and reserved) are carefully crafted creations of a PR firm. Real-life Paris is supposed to be very street smart, with an ability to add up figures with the speed and accuracy of a computer.
Why does she want to have such a seemingly "negative" public image? Well, without that, she would be just another anonymous rich kid. Now she is a world-famous "brand", with a name recognition that rivals that of the late Princess Di (at least among women). And surprisingly, most of her "target audience" admires her for having the will and ability to get what she wants when she wants it.
Magnus.
Sure Mitnick got a trial, when he was arrested he was already a parole violator, so he went straight back to jail to complete his sentence. He could have got a quicker trial but his attorney was negotiating a plea bargain - he eventually pled guilty.
Mitnick was adept at social engineering, he appears to have socialy engineered you into thinking that he was somehow hard done by. He got the five year sentence for his sxith conviction, not his first (three of his convictions were as a juvenile).
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
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For example, I was once 'hacked' by various brands of beer which made me believe a 200lb women was sexy enough to invite home.
Dude, when she's ugly/fat/psycho, always -her- place, never yours!