From: cdale@silly.techmonkeys.net
Date: Thu Apr 20 2000 - 12:00:57 PDT
I just wish they'd quit callin script kiddies and packet kiddies hackers.
The word 'hackers' implies that one at least has a clue about programming,
IMO. I laugh when I read that "hackers" DoS sites. What was even funnier
was when someone stole Bill Clinton's nick on a chat site, he was called a
hacker! (:
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, B.K. DeLong wrote:
> At 02:38 PM 04/20/2000 -0400, Kragen wrote:
> >That would make me feel a lot better. Where can I find more details?
>
> From this morning's WSJ:
>
> Weeks ago, civilian security experts pegged him as a hacker involved in at
> least one of a string of attacks against major Web sites in February and
> discovered his online persona, even tracing his Internet connection to a
> service provider in Canada. Law-enforcement authorities have known
> Mafiaboy's real name and home address since mid-February, and spent weeks
> tracking Internet connections and constructing a sound legal case against him.
>
>
> >I'll probably hear that on the way home tonight. Bravo! :)
>
> Thanks.
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> B.K. DeLong
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