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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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Moral question. 2003-09-17
Gregory T. Buckhead
Not only was that an ignorant rant, it was off-topic. And posted by Anonymous... no suprise there. Someone needs a hug ;-)

Lamo, having what have been described as the best intentions in the world, screwed up. To this point, he has remained largely in the grey. Unfortunately, with the Time...

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