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jaykaykay
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Scottsdale, AZ
reply to kdshapiro
Re: "I Was A Teenage Bot Master"

That's happened before and the person has been very good at helping those he harmed. Read Catch Me If You Can. It's a true story.


kdshapiro

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reply to La Luna
"Possibly, but I would hope they wouldn't reward him (and he seems to be a idiot in other ways). That sends a really bad message. Not to mention, what he and his dopey friend did isn't really that *special*. Botnets are a dime a dozen."

It would be the equivalent of hiring a bank robber as a security specialist.
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Bubba17
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reply to La Luna
said by La Luna See Profile :

Oh....and where ARE the parents?
From the Register link: "With an abundance of time on his hands and little adult supervision, he thrived on the excitement of a life dominated by World of Warcraft, fast motorcycles and computer hacking."

Too, dropping out of school after the 8th grade accounts nicely for "an abundance of time on his hands".

You know, looking back, I can envision myself and the, fetching, Mrs. being all understanding and supportive of allowing/enabling any of our three, now grown and gone, to have dropped out of school after the 8th grade ... nah!!!
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"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything" --Wyatt Earp


La Luna
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reply to jefe
said by jefe See Profile :

What do you want to bet he gets hired by Eset, or Norton, or the FBI, to help them stop other hackers from doing what he did?
Possibly, but I would hope they wouldn't reward him (and he seems to be a idiot in other ways). That sends a really bad message. Not to mention, what he and his dopey friend did isn't really that *special*. Botnets are a dime a dozen.

His parents looked on.

Too bad they didn't look on a little sooner to see what junior was up to.
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11,044 DEADLY TERROR ATTACKS SINCE 9/11~~TEAM DISCOVERY
Can't feel you anymore, don't need you anymore, don't believe you anymore, I don't need you anymore


jefe
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join:2001-05-19
Northport, NY
reply to La Luna
What do you want to bet he gets hired by Eset, or Norton, or the FBI, to help them stop other hackers from doing what he did?


La Luna
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reply to SUMware
"That's why I love this age, its all computers heh," SoBe wrote in early December 2005, a month after Ancheta's arrest, during an online chat. "All these companys have websites, etc. Its just funny going somewhere like Target, or Sprint then coming home and rooting there servers out of boredom. Makes some people feel like they can do anything." (Misspellings and grammatical errors are his.)

This juvenile delinquent should pay more attention in school.

Hopefully, part of his sentence will forbid him access to computers.

Oh....and where ARE the parents?
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11,044 DEADLY TERROR ATTACKS SINCE 9/11~~TEAM DISCOVERY
Can't feel you anymore, don't need you anymore, don't believe you anymore, I don't need you anymore
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