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1998 Year on the Net Dubious Achievements
Hacker of Fortunes
The Magazine of Cybermercenaries
Next Up: Manson for Ginsu Knives
Israel's largest newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, featured a full-page ad for
EIM Co.'s Newron computer. The unlikely pitchman? Computer hacker Ehud
Tenenbaum, aka Analyzer. The 18-year-old, best known for visiting the
Pentagon's computer network when he wasn't invited, sat beside the
headline: "In order to go far, you need the best tools."
I Want My Pub-lici-ty!
In an apparent bid for attention, MTV.com hacked its own Web site. "I'm
in! I TOLD YOU GUYS I'D DO IT! J.F.," read the site on August 31. "J.F."
turned out to be Johnny Fame, a then-unknown reporter whom the network,
according to a spokesperson, "wanted to present [in] a dramatic and
media-appropriate way." Sadly, Fame remains largely unknown.
Black Hack Hijack
To strengthen his discrimination case against Morgan Stanley Dean Witter,
a black ex-employee allegedly hired a hacker to send fake e-mails
containing racial epithets. The hacker was an undercover cop, and
Christian Curry, 24, was arraigned on charges of forgery, tampering with
physical evidence, and coercion.
The Trojan War
Using a "Trojan horse" program, a juvenile (named John Doe in court
documents) stole the passwords of more than 500 AOL users. He was charged
with one count of unlawful interception of electronic communications.
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Received on Thu Dec 31 13:16:48 1998