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New York Times Internal Network Hacked
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-02-26

How open proxies and default passwords led to Adrian Lamo padding his rolodex with information on 3,000 op-ed writers, from William F. Buckley Jr. to Jimmy Carter.

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New York Times Internal Network Hacked 2002-02-28
Cyberkni
I dont understand why anyone is impressed with Lamo's skills. He is not doing anything particularly amazing. Yes, they are large companies and networks but poorly configured. He has not found some new exploit or security concept. He is just looking for basic holes in large companies. A basic cry for...

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