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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."
I wonder if the job offers have already started, or if the security companies are waiting until this particular piece of human trash gets out of jail.
All that and he only got 11 months? While there's a guy in California doing life for stealing a candy bar?
Also, the blurb failed to mention that this nice young fellow wasn't acting alone (see the Register's coverage from this morning)
More to do with all those bomb-threats me thinks =)
Maybe T-mobile will get their act together now and fix all the problems. Who knows.
From TFA:
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In June, a second phone company became a victim to the juvenile's attack, according to the U.S. Attorney's statement. A phone that had been activated fraudulently was disabled, and the teen retaliated with a denial-of-service attack on the company's Web site when it refused to reactivate the phone.
Im not trying to troll, but what kind of professional website gets harmed by a DOS attack anymore. Slashdot alone should make webmasters think twice before putting up a service with a server that cant handle DOS attacks.
+1 funny, -2 overrated. Life isn't fair.
I can't for the life of me figure out why stuff like this keeps getting stuck in the YRO section. As far as I can tell, the only person whose rights were in any danger was Paris Hilton - granted, her privacy is largely a theoretical concept these days, but nevertheless, what possible bearing does this kind of thing have on my rights online?
ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
its being a good con artist! So what, this guy was able to sound like paris hilton, and she picked a stupid 'password reminder' that he used to get the real info from a phone jockey at T-mobile. Calling this kid a hacker is JUST WRONG.
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He hacked illegally, and now he's paying the price. I say he got what he deserved. Too bad the kid's a juvie. I'd like to have seen him go to a real prison.
As I walk through the valley of death I fear no one, for I am the meanest sonova bitch in the valley!
Some kid guessed her password reminder and we're calling him a hacker? Even "cracker" would be too good for this feat of leetness.
Not sure I'd even deign to call him a script-kiddie.
Argh.
What's your problem with young women who enjoy sex?
I am the first to say there is nothing wrong with women who enjoy sex. This is happy. Paris Hilton can enjoy as much sex as she wants. However this doesn't mean I want to see Paris Hilton popups everywhere. Paris Hilton popups are not happy. If a persons only redeaming quality is the enjoyment of sex... it doesn't make for a healthy relationship. This is not happy. A person who uses sex to get attention also isn't happy.
There is no sanctuary. There is no sanctuary. SHUT UP! There is no shut up. There is no shut up.
I think 11 months is a reasonable sentence for the first offense of someone who committed a serious crime, but not a violent one.
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Amen.
I personally have a problem with both the "hacker" and Paris. The guy did something illegal, and now he's going to jail for it. Good.
Paris, who may enjoy sex and is perfectly normal, really does use it for attention. It seems to be her only saving grace, and I bet she wouldn't be on TV otherwise. People who parade their sexual conduct in public for everyone to see are just degrading themselves.
How can a popup have an emotion? If you're unhappy watching them then do something else that doesn't expose you to them. Or write a strongly-worded letter to the ad agency responsible. I'm sure they'll care.
>A person who uses sex to get attention also isn't happy.
You've done an extensive study? I mean really, you're just projecting your own attitudes here. I would say someone who gets upset at a pop-up of a dumb blonde is unhappy.
We'll leave your poor spelling for another day.
The revolution will NOT be televised.
You're right, but you also forgot to mention that Paris Hilton isn't nearly as vain as Tsutomu "Takedown" Shimomura.
Enough on this kid (who commited a crime and got what was deserved), let's talk about those annoying 'secret questions'. I've lost count of the number web sites that require you to answer one of these and don't even let you choose a decent question. Not just insignificant sites, like random forums, but important sites that pretain to things that matter in real life, like my college records or credit card information.
I'm not a celebrity like Paris Hilton, but it is not hard at all to find out what my mom's maiden name is, or the names of my pets, or where I went to high school. At least give me the option to choose my own question, or better yet, not use the question at all.
So, what I want to know is, what punitive measures were taken against T-mobile for having such poor security processes that a teenager could pull this off for so long without being stopped?
It is easy to send one kid, who probably couldn't afford more than a public defender, to jail. But what does it do to fix the problem? There are thousands more kids who could do the same thing, there are probably tens of professionals who are doing it right now and are smart enough to say under the radar.
Other than the fact that T-mobile has the big gun lawyers, big gun lobbyists and big gun 'campaign contributions' - why haven't they been prosecuted for negligence?
Great. He's being sent to jail.
How is that supposed to set him straight?
Did he do it because he hadn't spent enough time incarcerated?
Really, does jailing non-violent criminals like this kid help anything?
It costs taxpayers money, and him time.
If he were fined, put under supervision, and required to do serious charity work, it'd do everybody a little better.
Seriously, let's reserve jail for those who need to separated from the rest of society for everyone's good.
I really don't see a kid who hacked a cellphone
falling into that category.
Too bad nobody makes that response to the +5 funny prison rape comments.
And of course Mitnick waiving his right to a speedy trial and his defense team requesting delays during the trial had NOTHING to do with why it took so long, right?
You mean she has all the skills necessary to deal dope or run a numbers racket?
Actually her brand management is pretty slick, she has got to the position where she can charge $100K just to attend a party for a couple of hours. Much more of that image was created by Paris than you might imagine.
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If I were given the choice of being set for life, or being still more ridiculously rich at the expense of my dignity, I'd definitely choose the former.
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I've been sentenced for a D.U.I. offense. My 3rd one. When I first came to prison, I had no idea what to expect. Certainly none of this. I'm a tall white male, who unfortunately has a small amount of feminine characteristics. And very shy. These characteristics have got me raped so many times I have no more feelings physically. I have been raped by up to 5 black men and two white men at a time. I've had knifes at my head and throat. I had fought and been beat so hard that I didn't ever think I'd see straight again. One time when I refused to enter a cell, I was brutally attacked by staff and taken to segragation though I had only wanted to prevent the same and worse by not locking up with my cell mate. There is no supervision after lockdown. I was given a conduct report. I explained to the hearing officer what the issue was. He told me that off the record, He suggests I find a man I would/could willingly have sex with to prevent these things from happening. I've requested protective custody only to be denied. It is not available here. He also said there was no where to run to, and it would be best for me to accept things . . . . I probably have AIDS now. I have great difficulty raising food to my mouth from shaking after nightmares or thinking to hard on all this . . . . I've laid down without physical fight to be sodomized. To prevent so much damage in struggles, ripping and tearing. Though in not fighting, it caused my heart and spirit to be raped as well. Something I don't know if I'll ever forgive myself for. ...and I'll keep posting this story every time slashdot advocates rape and moderators mod it up.
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