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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 2003-09-18
Anonymous
I havn't seen a listing of exactly what information he provides to companies he exploits, but since he seems to be doing it to boost sales of his services (hence the offer to help fix the problems) he should be keeping detailed logs of exactly what he does to get in so he can show that to the custom...

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