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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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Phil's and imbicile, and Lamo's a crim. 2002-08-29
Ostracus
"> being embarresed

Fair comment, except there's more at stake than embarrassment. Corporations are entitled to take the risk in not protecting their systems. They are entitled to someone not attacking their vulnerabilities. It's one thing to exploit their vulnerabilities - it's another to offer th...

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