Lets face it, Security Analysts and Hackers share the same culture. Many Security Analysts themselves started out as hackers so of course they are going to feel sympathy for hackers. But that aside. Besides it being against the law, what is wrong with non-malicious hacks. People will say it is similar to a burglar breakign into your house and the sense of privacy people lose when that occurs. But your physical home is very different then a computer network. for one, your home is a personal place, Lamo's targets are all corporations. it's not like you'd feel all that violated if your office building got broken into. Also, with a burgarly there is the realization that you may not physically be safe, this can be very distressing. With a non-malicious computer hack there is no threat of real harm only the realization that your information may not be safe, but when your responsible for the information a company such as Lamo's targets are maybe I feel it is a good thing for them to realize they need to be up their security.

-Scorp, if you have any comments feel free to contact me theomlet (at) comcast (dot) net [email concealed]

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