[Brian Salcedo] made headlines a few years ago as a hacker who attempted to break into Lowe's corporate network. He is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence, one of the longest sentences for a computer hacking offense. Recent events surrounding a different hacking case have revealed that the buyer he worked for, [Albert "Segvec" Gonzalez], was a Secret Service informant. [Salcedo] claims … [Read more...]
British hacker to be extradited to U.S.
July 31, 2008 By 26 Comments
British computer hacker [Gary McKinnon] lost his final appeal to block his extradition to the U.S. He stands accused of hacking into almost 100 U.S. military and NASA computers from his girlfriend's aunt's house in London over a four year period by the U.S. government. If convicted of the crimes in a U.S. court, he could face up to 70 years imprisonment. [Gary McKinnon] freely admitted to hacking … [Read more...]
Techie Hall of Shame
July 18, 2008 By 12 Comments
In the aftermath of [Terry Childs], the jailed disgruntled software engineer who created a God password and effectively locked San Francisco officials out of their own computer system, IT Grind unveils its Techie Hall of Shame. The Hall of Shame highlights figures who give computer professionals a bad name. From [Roger Duronio], the systems administrator who wasn't satisfied with his raise, to … [Read more...]
High profile hackers get their day in court
June 16, 2008 By 7 Comments
The court cases against high profile hackers [Gary McKinnon], [Gregory King], and [Robert Matthew Bentley] all had major developments last week, with [King] and [Bentley] sentenced to time in prison and [McKinnon] in a tenuous state fighting extradition.Both [King] (aka Silenz) and [Bentley] (aka LSDigital) will serve time for crimes related to botnets, but where [King] used one to stage DDOS … [Read more...]
Hackers needed, Los Angeles
May 9, 2008 By 7 Comments
Hack-A-Day is looking for fulltime contributors in the the Los Angeles area. The details are in this Craigslist ad.Our friends at Mahalo are also looking for a Systems Engineer, Los Angeles. … [Read more...]
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