Lamo denies $300,000 database hack

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.

Of course he should be tried - Enough analogies! 2003-09-12
Anonymous

There are very few similarities between invading someone's home and invading a corporate computer. This particular analogy is both emotionally loaded and highly imperfect.

In this sort of situation bad analogies only lead to further hysteria. Judging from the NYT's damage claims, there's been en...

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