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Republican Aide Tries to Hire Hackers

Posted by Zonk on from the hack-it-yourself-like-the-rest-of-us dept.

Noryungi writes "It seems as though a Republican Communications Director contacted Attrition.org, trying to hire hackers to improve his educational records. I don't know what is his dumbest move: (a) contacting Attrition in the first place, (b) using a real name Yahoo email address or (c) speaking at length about what he needed? Kudos to the Attrition crew for posting the whole email dialogue online! A sample from the conversation: 'Jericho: First, let's be clear. You are soliciting me to break the law and hack into a computer across state lines. That is a federal offense and multiple felonies. Obviously I can't trust anyone and everyone that mails such a request, you might be an FBI agent, right? So, I need three things to make this happen: 1. A picture of a squirrel or pigeon on your campus. One close-up, one with background that shows buildings, a sign, or something to indicate you are standing on the campus. 2. The information I mentioned so I can find the records once I get into the database. 3. Some idea of what I get for all my trouble.'"

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  1. Re:This begs the question by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 4, Informative

    They had the whole exchange posted for a while, but it was only recently that anyone in the media bothered to track down the actual guy.

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  2. Re:What the? by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 5, Informative

    Um, I'm sure I won't be the only one to ask this. But how in the hell does this prove that you are not the FBI, Secret Service, Police or whoever? Even if he was on campus at the time, I'm sure any authority that you'd want to fear could get to wherever they needed to be to take that picture in the same day that he asks for it.

    In case you are wondering, what they are doing is a variant of the 419 eater technique. They had no intent of following through, but they had every intent of making the guy look like a fool as they strung him along.

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  3. Yet another. . . by smooth+wombat · · Score: 5, Informative
    shining example of the intelligence of people in my party. It's not bad enough we have this yahoo blocking phones to Democratic numbers used for providing people rides to polls on election day, or this putz who embezzled state money, let alone the chimp in charge who has flip-flopped every which way on Iraq, but now this incompetent asshole.


    I know that Sandy Berger (just so no one thinks I'm biased) is a real moron but come on, how much lack of intelligence does one have to have to think that they could get away with this?

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
    1. Re:Yet another. . . by funwithBSD · · Score: 4, Informative

      You forgot this one:

      http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/1/24 /213349.shtml

      Slashing tires to keep people from voting.

      Or John Murtha:

      http://news.netscape.com/story/2006/11/15/democrat ic-culture-of-corruption-john-murtha-bribe-video

      Or William Jefferson:

      http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/21/jefferson.s earch/

      Or Teddy Kennedy:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick

      Or "Voted for the War before I voted against it" :

      http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/29/politics /main646435.shtml

      Or Hiz Honor,Richard Daley:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Daley

      Or Boss Tweed:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_Tweed

      Please, politicians by default are dishonest, not just Republicans. So just remember who's dog food you are eating when shilling for one side or the other.

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    2. Re:Yet another. . . by slamb · · Score: 4, Informative

      Oh, please. Does Kerry's "I voted for the war before I voted against it" really belong in that list? Keep in mind that if "inarticulate moments" are in the same league as bribery, voter suppression, and manslaughter (the other items on your list), Bush is a much worse president than I ever realized... a few examples.

      Please, politicians by default are dishonest, not just Republicans. So just remember who's dog food you are eating when shilling for one side or the other.

      You're as much in denial as those who claim there's no corruption at all, and your beliefs are just as harmful. There's been political corruption in all parties throughout history, but not all politicians are corrupt, and not all parties are equal. Voters have recently realized that they can exert control by voting out the more corrupt party. Maybe in 20 years the Republican party will reform and the Democratic party will regress. Until then, I'm voting for Democrats.

  4. Mirror by suso · · Score: 4, Informative

    To make up for that, I've created a mirror:

    http://suso.suso.org/attrition1.html
    http://suso.suso.org/attrition2.html (Page 2)