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Lamo denies $300,000 database hack
Kevin Poulsen, 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.

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Lamo denies $300,000 database hack 2003-09-11
Anonymous
Did you not read the whole article? HE DID TELL THE COMPANY.

And currently there is nothing to prove that he created passwords, or ran any 'expensive' applications. Only the NYT's word.

Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Doesn't it seem odd that no one else has ever clai...

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