Lamo denies $300,000 database hack

Lamo denies $300,000 database hack
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-09-10

Days before going public with his penetration of the New York Times internal network last year, hacker Adrian Lamo created five new user accounts with the LexisNexis database service under the Times corporate account, which he used to rack up $300,000 in charges over the following three months, a federal complaint in New York charges.

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Of course he should be tried 2003-09-11
drg (3 replies)

Erm, what the hell is all this. Both these articles have been repeating "when he's usually praised by his victims." Blah blah blah.

This comes back to the analogy that if you break into someone's house and then tell them they have a weak lock on their front door, it's illegal.

If this guy honestly wanted to help these companies, then he'd find the hole, then contact them *before* exploiting them.

Clearly he's a malicious hacker on an ego trip and just wants to show the world just how clever he is. Well good luck to him, he'll get found guilty and realise the repercussions.

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