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.

Expand all | Post comment

Lamo denies $300,000 ego-surfing spree 2003-09-10
Anonymous

Lamo 2003-09-11
Anonymous (1 replies)

Easy target 2003-09-11
Anonymous

Lamo the polishing rag. 2003-09-11
Got Worm?

Lamo denies $300,000 ego-surfing spree 2003-09-11
Anonymous (1 replies)

Lamo denies $300,000 ego-surfing spree 2003-09-12
Anonymous

Lamo denies $300,000 database spree 2003-09-11
Anonymous (1 replies)

Is Maurice Clarett 2003-09-11
Anonymous

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

Of course he should be tried 2003-09-11
The 420 Zodiac (1 replies)

Of course he should be tried 2003-09-12
Wckd (1 replies)

Of course he should be tried 2003-09-12
Anonymous (2 replies)

Of course he should be tried 2003-09-14
Anonymous

Of course he should be tried 2003-09-18
Anonymous

Of course he should be tried - Enough analogies! 2003-09-12
Anonymous (1 replies)

Of course he should be tried - Enough analogies! 2003-09-13
Jagdwulfe (2 replies)

"There are very few similarities between invading someone's home and invading a corporate computer. This particular analogy is both emotionally loaded and highly imperfect."

Actually there are a great many similarities. Both are private property which you have no business accessing without the permission of the owners. By exploiting a network or a lock on a door of a home you cost the owner of the property in question money to upgrade or repair any damage you have done. All the Hacker rhetoric is no better than it's opposite in the corporate world. As someone said earlier there is no such thing as a 100% secure network. Hell even if it was not connected to the Internet there is gonna be some hole that someone will exploit for whatever reason. As for the NYT's damage claims there are more than likely inflated to make Lamo a big fish. Also this is not counting any Homeland InSecurity charges he may have gotten himself.

[ reply ]

Link to this comment: http://www.securityfocus.com/comments/articles/6934/22269#22269

Of course he should be tried - Enough analogies! 2003-09-15
Anonymous

Of course he should be tried - Enough analogies! 2003-09-17
Anonymous

Of course he should be tried 2003-09-15
Anonymous (1 replies)

Of course he should be tried 2003-09-21
Anonymous

Lamo denies $300,000 database hack 2003-09-11
Anonymous (1 replies)

Lamo denies $300,000 database hack 2003-09-11
Anonymous

Lamo denies $300,000 database hack 2003-09-11
Mike (2 replies)

Lamo denies $300,000 database hack 2003-09-11
Anonymous