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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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Of course he should be tried - Enough analogies! 2003-09-13
Jagdwulfe
"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."

Actually there are a great many similarities. Both are private property which you have no business accessing without the pe...

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