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Police swoop on 'Hacker of the Year'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the according-to-who-exactly dept.

AcidAUS writes "The Swedish hacker, Dan Egerstad, who perpetrated the so-called hack of the year, has been arrested in a dramatic raid on his apartment, during which he was taken in for questioning and several of his computers confiscated. Egerstad broke into the global communications network used by embassies around the world in August and gained access to 1000 sensitive email accounts."

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  1. Well, that's what you get by Lally+Singh · · Score: 5, Funny

    90% of what makes a really good hack hard is STFU'ing about it.

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    1. Re:Well, that's what you get by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Guess what happens in future...
      Oooh ooh! I know! A sentient robot named Bender gets jettisoned into space and learns a lesson about unintended consequences while acting as god to a bunch of wee people living in a colony on his abdomen?

      Oh... I thought you said "Guess what happens in Futurama". Never mind.
    2. Re:Well, that's what you get by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      And what did we learn today? Don't report a security hole, sell it to Russia.

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    3. Re:Well, that's what you get by Jarjarthejedi · · Score: 2, Funny

      *Sticks fingers in ears and closes eyes*

      LALALALALA I can't hear you!

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    4. Re:Well, that's what you get by boyfaceddog · · Score: 5, Funny

      You can't really blame the governments for their response. Most agencies are only authorized to punish citizens, not ask them for help.

      Remember the Air Force Axiom; when the only tool you have is a multi-warhead thermo-nuclear ICBM, all your problems look like the Soviets invading West Germany.

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  2. A dramatic raid... by east+coast · · Score: 5, Funny

    [knock at the door]

    Police: Open this door! Thou art a felon wanted for many counts of villainy against the citizenry of this fair nation!

    Dan: How now!? Am I to be jailed? What can I do but beg for the mercy of The Crown?!?!

    [Dan weeps loudly]
    [Viola music plays a sad song in the background]
    [Dan slumps over a b0x3n]

    Dan: I am ruined. Farewell, my tools of crime, for you are sure to meet a worse fate than I in our common traitorous endeavors.

    [The door breaks in, an officer enters the room and grabs Dan by the shoulder with nightstick in hand]
    [Fades to black]

    Oh, you mean a different kind of dramatic. Sorry, sorry.

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  3. Re:"Broke in?" by TigerTime · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a guy down the street from where I work that had a bullhorn talking about the end of the world. I completely hacked into his message this morning.