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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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Lamo Bumped from NBC After Hacking Them 2002-08-31
Anonymous
Near as I can tell, it boils down to simple economics. Broadcast proof that they are vulnerable and the people and businesses that trusted NBC would either get their lawyers involved, or simply take their money elswhere. This wouldn't exactly help their stock prices, either.

Personally, I find ...

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