The worst part of this entire story? If our side can do it as effortlessly, think of what our enemy can do. Now consider that our enemies don't brag about their exploits in online chat rooms.
To: Prime Choice
To: Poohbah
3 posted on
01/12/2005 7:07:05 AM PST by
hchutch
(A pro-artificial turf, pro-designated hitter baseball fan.)
To: Prime Choice
there have been plenty that did, and paid the price for it. now they keep their mouths shut about it. The creators of FloodNet and other DDOS tools got blitzed by people at the pentagon and other govt institutions in short order when they tried their attacks on them.
There is no computer system that is absolutely 100% secure. Anyone, with enough determination, can get into any system, if they have the time and the willpower.
To: Prime Choice
Crackers are one thing...
Destructive ones another sort of animal...
Virus authors, & spammers, IMO,
well, there should be a few public hangings for that sort of crime!
10 posted on
01/12/2005 8:01:06 AM PST by
45semi
(Man has only those rights he can defend...)
To: Prime Choice
Well, he probably wasn't able to make any calls using purloined T-mobile accounts, since even with stolen accounts, he probably couldn't get a signal in most places.
12 posted on
01/12/2005 8:06:10 AM PST by
Koblenz
(Holland: a very tolerant country. Until someone shoots you on a public street in broad daylight...)
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