On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 11:56:35 -0500 (CDT), jf noonan wrote: > >> http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/23/technology/23HACK.html >> >> New York Times/National >> September 23, 2000 >> >> Youth Sentenced in Government Hacking Case >> By DAVID STOUT >> >> The authorities disagreed. They said the teenager invaded 13 >> computers of the National Aeronautics and Space >> Administration at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center >> in Huntsville, Ala., on June 29 and 30, 1999. Among other >> things, he downloaded software and stole data, leading to a >> three-week shutdown of some computers. > > Three week shutdown ofr what? It doesn't say he destroyed data, > so why this 'shutdown'. > >> Brian Dunbar, a space agency spokesman, said today that the >> affected computers "were not related to command and control >> in any way," so there was no chance of, say, rockets being >> launched or satellites being thrown out of orbit. But the >> Justice Department said NASA incurred more than $40,000 in >> labor and replacement costs. > > So a (puported) $40k is worth 10 years in Club Fed? Gee, what > was it Millkin got? What do most corporate theives (that take > $M's) get? ahh, but they are white collar criminals. hackers are hacker/terrorists, according to louis freeh and john hamre. we are the *new* threats to national security (actually, they mean "sovereignty," but why quibble)... *everyone* just learn something about the three modern terror groups: hacking, nukes and chemical weapons. it's protected by the 2nd amendment. ac ''' (0 0) ----oOO----(_)---------- | the geek shall | | inherit the earth | -----------------oOO---- |__|__| || || ooO Ooo ------------------------------------------------------------ AUSI.COM at http://ausi.com for FREE EMAIL, News, OLYMPICS, info about AUSTRALIA