, SecurityFocus 2003-09-10
Days before going public with his penetration of the New York Times internal network last year, hacker Adrian Lamo created five new user accounts with the LexisNexis database service under the Times corporate account, which he used to rack up $300,000 in charges over the following three months, a federal complaint in New York charges.
Anonymous
The system admin in me thinks he didn't have any business poking around without permission.
The small voice of the hacker in me admires his skill (but his wiles more!) and his passion but thinks he's too into the glory of the disc...
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