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Alleged WebTV 911 hacker charged with cyberterrorism
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-02-26

FBI agents arrested a Louisiana man last week for allegedly 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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Alleged WebTV 911 hacker charged with cyberterrorism 2004-02-29
Joe Hegarty <jmh005 (at) supanet (dot) com [email concealed]>
Dem puter users be terrorists Ma 2004-03-01
Anonymous
P.A.T.R.I.O.T. 2004-03-02
Anonymous
Alleged WebTV 911 hacker charged with cyberterrorism 2004-03-03
Trully Patriot and Not Blind.....
This is not a matter of an unpatriotic act; it is in fact an unfortunate joke. The idea here is to show that at this time "David will succumb to Goliath". We are back on the roman empire times of "Panis et Circus" era, where the government blinded the public with enjoyment and food, though in our case is a ?Patriotic Act? and all the matters involving the most cited subject ?Terrorism?. I may be considered a terrorist for thinking like this, and you are a terrorist for reading this article. Be careful: there are many new definitions for the word ?terrorism? than you can imagine.

The American society is completely blind for the real problems and is kept busy thinking on the "sacred" Land Terrorist Acts. Wake up!!! All that counts in this case is to justify a bill that was voted awhile ago so called "PATRIOT ACT" <== blah! Lets have a little of "Critical Thinking" guys!!! Do not let the big box (TV) brainwash your heads!!! It is a perfect campaign motif using a wonderful combination (Microsoft + 911 + US Government + FBI). And, once again, the US government is wiring the message: ?You can not survive without MY laws and MY blessings!?

Can you guess how many calls 911 receive daily erratically? It is around of 5,000 daily. Did you know that?

So, 11 calls to the "sacred" number is not a fair reason to charge or jail someone, nor label the silly guy as a "cyber terrorist"...... C'mon people........ WAKE UP, FOR GOD'S SAKE!

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