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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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breaking into someone's house analogy doesn't work !!! 2003-09-11
Anonymous
I often hear analogies made in order to explain what is happening on the web. Most of these analogies sound something like "what if I would break into someone's house and then tell them how they dont have any security..." Well thats a horrible analogy! Even though internet have been around for aroun...

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