I wish I had a nickel for every time I read this. :D
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John Vranesevich :)
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http://eyeball-series.org/hacker/pict96.jpg
John Vranesevich, in this Nov. 1997 photo, used his World Wide Web site to interview computer hackers who claim they broke into a Pentagon network and stole software for a military satellite system. It was also last month that Vranesevich, a 19-year-old self-taught computer security expert, decided that he didn't really need an undergraduate degree and parted ways with the University of Pittsburgh. These days, he is parked in front of a computer at his parents' house in Beaver, PA., surrounded by programming textbooks. He said he has had several job offers. (AP Photo/Pittsburgh Post Gazette, John Beale)
hectic stuff, thanks :)
All I see is an ocean of wasted youth. Lets put it this way, most of those people haven't accomplished much... both in the technology field and in life.Quote:
Also Me'h
http://eyeball-series.org/hacker/hacker-eyeball2.htm
scroll down about half way. Also the founder of AO JP is listed there also
Mitnick, ugh... someone needs to tell him this isn't 1990-something. Atleast GayPee had enought sense to give up on renting offices and pretending to be a "security expert".Quote:
he can't hold a candle to Kevin Mitnick
I bought Ankit's book when it came out, read almost half (jumped around a lot), and I was severely disappointed. I managed to recoup about half of what I paid for it by over charging for shipping on ebay.
I wouldn't buy a skiddie's book to wipe my a$$ with, let alone read.
A skiddie is a luser and cannot write anything interesting for the simple reason that they actually know nothing.
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Everyone has a computer today and to a large extent everyone has done neat things with them. If you feel particularly hip and smart because you've "done something with a computer"... then you're already behind the curve
That is pretty much what it is about. I have done some "pretty neat things" with .22LR, .22Short, .38Spl, 9mm Parabellum, .308Win, .45ACP and the rest. All that means is that I was as good as my last shoot; not that I have contributed anything to the sport?
Kevin Mitnick is a strange case to me, at least. He wasn't a "hacker" as such, but a "cyber criminal", and, given that he was caught and convicted three times, not a very good one at that? His story is still far more interesting, as it is based on "real" criminal activities.
What we have here is a luser with a hack journalist as a "ghostwriter" hoping to gouge as much cash out of ID10Ts as they can. Take my advice folks.............. spend it on beer and JD ;)
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