Hijackers take AIM accounts

Hijackers take AIM accounts
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2000-11-29

Most AOL Instant Messenger accounts are up for grabs in hacker gold rush.

Liberation not Destruction 2000-11-30
Genetix (3 replies)

NEWS FLASH!!!!

Hackers do not go around waisting there time trying to CRACK AIM user accounts. Hackers are LIBERATORS of INFORMATION that is usefull! Most are non-destructive and the few that are aren't even hackers. They are CRACKERS or Script Kiddies!!!

GeNeTiX...

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Liberation not Destruction 2000-11-30
xenox

You're missing the point. The spirit of hacking is exploration. In ANY field. Hackers are not 'Information Warriors' as much as curious minds. Finding bugs in AOL's naming system is not a waste of time....

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Re: Liberation not Destruction 2000-12-02
Scurvy

Your description of a hacker is accurate to you and I and other hackers, but in todays society, the kiddie with the latest AOL Proggie is considered a hacker by the ignorant media and those stupid enough to follow it....

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Re: Liberation not Destruction 2007-01-08
Anonymous

your right they waste no time

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Ignorance. 2000-12-03
Spooky (1 replies)

This is hilarious. If I recall the true meaning of a hacker was one that programs, and explores the nooks and crannies of a program, and exploits it flaws to learn, as well as secure. So in essence, using AOL's client, and development tools to find a loop hole is more accurate the an illegal compu...

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Re: Ignorance. 2005-08-10
Anonymous (1 replies)

page in history? yea right, a hacker finds the holes, and perhaps uses it to get the one true screen name he chooses, ill even give them that much. but to mass hijack screen names... demotes you to kiddy status. Knowledge IS power, but self control must come along with that, or your just another lam...

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Re: Re: Ignorance. 2005-08-30
Anonymous (1 replies)

I second this. My name is Delton and I lost my screen name "DelTron" formed in 1998. I lost it 5 years ago in November of 2000 to hackers. AOL won't listen to my pleas to make a recovery. I have been after it for five years. You can not justify theft and cheating people out under the guise of s...

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Blah 2005-10-18
Rewind

The term hacking has been manipulated by the media and idiots, there are probably 1 or two real hackers on AIM. This huge HACKING problem was the result of leaked information, the whole reason people look for these little exploits is to show dominance. To think a teenager with self taught knowledge ...

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