WebTV 911 prankster guilty

WebTV 911 prankster guilty
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2005-02-17

A Louisiana man pleaded guilty this week to two federal felonies for tricking a handful of MSN TV users into running a malicious e-mail attachment that reprogrammed their set-top boxes to dial 9-1-1 emergency response.

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WebTV 911 prankster guilty 2005-02-18
Anonymous

This is much like those porn dialers that will dial into nigeria and rank up the $$ on long distance phone bills you have.. A question i have is, how did he find out how to code the program to modify this piece of hardware. That would be interesting to know how he managed to even code it in the first place.

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