Man invades US.mil networks, tells hacks, lands in jail

Man invades US.mil networks, tells hacks, lands in jail
John Leyden, The Register 2003-09-30

A computer security consultant who broke into US military networks to demonstrate their vulnerability to attack by cyber-terrorists or hostile governments was arrested in San Diego yesterday.

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Man invades US.mil networks, tells hacks, lands in jail 2003-09-30
Anonymous

hahaha.. Dumbass. You would think a business leader would know about this little thing called ETHICS!...

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Man invades US.mil networks, tells hacks, lands in jail 2003-09-30
Anonymous

What an id10t! Universally stupid to take anything from a compromised host. It's one thing to open the door and leave a friendly note, and quite another to steal from them....

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Man invades US.mil networks, tells hacks, lands in jail 2003-09-30
Anonymous

On the one hand, HOW DUMB CAN HE BE?

On the other, I don't like the way the gov't and corps are handling these cases.

I mean there are people that only get 1-10 years for murder, rape, etc... While computer crimes may go up as high as 30 years....

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Man invades US.mil networks, tells hacks, lands in jail 2003-09-30
Anonymous <shakes head>

This is suprising. Don't download stuff! Why O'Keef would do more than access the system for proof is beyond me. Even that is a stretch and lands in that gray area of 'I am showing proof-of-concept'. In any event, this sort of thing always seems to play against the legitimate professional in court c...

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