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 of computers was able to out-wit a multi-billion dollar corporations security. It is cyber-anarchy, it's time for AOL to just admit that they can be outsmarted. They may have a lid on it now, but it's only a matter of time before another exploit comes out and this whole thing happens again. It's not a big deal anyways, all the screen names that were "stolen" were either suspended ones or ones that have not been used in the past decade. But no, it was not HACKERS who went on a screen name stealing spree, it was kids who found out this information from a smarter and more responsible source, that took advantage of it. How many times has this happend to AOL so far? It hasn't even been over a year since the last huge exploit surfaced. They don't trade screen names for credit card numbers, either, they trade them for money or other screen names. Screen names are used like trading cards, which in my opinion is a huge waste of time. No one was interested in posing as the owner of the screen name or stealing their information. Hey AOL, let's get our heads out of our asses, shall we?

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