AOL Security Compromised by Teenager 99
Freaky_Friday wrote with a link to an InfoWorld article about a teenage kid accessing customer information at AOL. The alleged criminal trespass began late last year, and extended up through early April. According to the article, the guy used some 'off-the-shelf' hacking software he downloaded online to gain access to, and then transmit information from, AOL's systems. "The complaint states that Nieves admitted to investigators that he committed the alleged acts because AOL took away his accounts. 'I accessed their internal accounts and their network and used it to try to get my accounts back,' the defendant is quoted as saying in the complaint. He also admitted to posting photos of his exploits in a photo Web site, according to the complaint ... If the defendant was honest about his motivation in his reported confession, it's safe to assume that he wasn't interested in stealing data for financial gain, [Managing director of technology at FTI Consulting Mark] Rasch said. Still, it'll be interesting to find out what steps AOL is taking if customer data was in fact compromised, he said."
Curious.... (Score:4, Insightful)
Hacking, maybe?
ScottKin
Re:Some of us say why others say why not? (Score:5, Insightful)
Suuurrree (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Suuurrree (Score:5, Insightful)
This kid's a punk. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Some of us say why others say why not? (Score:3, Insightful)
In what bizarro world does AOL have good customer service, such that they'd investigate and remove a ban?
What are these other avenues?
A civil lawsuit?
Uh, "hacking crew"? (Score:1, Insightful)
They believe that they're "special" because they did it, all the while not realising that anybody can do it, but it's just that only retarded k1ddi3z are actually bored enough, or have the time to waste to do something as lame and loserish as "hack" AOL.
Re:Some of us say why others say why not? (Score:2, Insightful)