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Lamo Bumped from NBC After Hacking Them
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-08-27

The helpful hacker demonstrates his techniques on camera for the NBC Nightly News, but lawyers kill the story when he cracks the broadcast network's own systems.

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Not illegal! 2002-08-29
Anonymous
This is a situation where an employee of a company says "see if you can hack into my system."

He is now given permission, therefore not illegal. If the employee did not have authority to grant permission, it is a different story.

I can tell someone to see if they can break into my house.

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