http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7456216.stm
A hacker calling himself Solo got into 97 American military and NASA computers and is now facing extradition to the US. Solo is a pretty awesome hacker name.
"His lawyers told London's High Court last year that he was subject to improper threats...." A hacker being threatened by shadowy government forces? ^____^ How unexpected!
"A US embassy legal official quoted New Jersey authorities saying they wanted to see him 'fry'." Maybe, but are they willing to hire dour ex-Special Forces assassins to make sure that the job is done properly?
"He said he was motivated by curiosity and only managed to get into the networks because of lax security. " He also added that their ice were no match for his '1337 skizz-wizzles,' because he got his icebreaker from an ex-KGB dealer with a little basement shop on fourth street.
Anyway, check it out. To everyone who thinks that hackers are a thing of the past, that cyberpunk has come and gone, take note.
Side-note: I doubt he hacked anything like the computer here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7458479.stm Check out the video halfway down the page. Only twenty-five minutes to do the calculation? Only a week to set up the operation? Unheard-of!
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"Either way, following the recording, a university engineer called Frank Cooper asked if he could have a copy. Unable to give him the original, the BBC team cut him another version."
ReplyDeleteWhat the article neglects to mention is that the BBC team did it not for the shake of sharing knowledge, but to "stick it to the man" for "teh lulz," because "information wants to be free, yo."