Forwarded From: Faust <faustat_private> http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/mag/9901/dubious3.html 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. -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Internet Security Institute [www.isi-sec.com]
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