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Article #578Re: Need reference for court case
From: Jim Duncan
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 21:38
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 21:38
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In article <1b2ikmINNr0l@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ca393@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
(Scott D. Wells) writes:
> Yes, there was a hacker indicted. The case was dropped...
> The prosecuting attorneys said it was because there was a message on
> login that welcomed users...welcoming hackers. That was not the real
> reason though, they could not get anough log evidence to support their
> case and prove the hacker guilty. The login message thing was just
> said because they didn't want to admit they messed up.
Can you document this, please? Telling us about this without documenting it
is the sort of thing that causes these urban legends to proliferate.
Thanks for the info.
Jim
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Jim Duncan <jim@math.psu.edu> Penn State Math Dept Systems Administrator
"[A computer is] like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy."
Joseph Campbell
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gumby!destroyer!gatech!psuvax1!news From: jim@math.psu.edu (Jim Duncan) Subject: Re: Need reference for court case In-Reply-To: ca393@cleveland.Freenet.Edu's message of 9 Oct 1992 00:09:58 GMT Message-ID: <Bw2xGI.1Lu@cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: augusta.math.psu.edu Organization: Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University References: <fstuart.921005205309@lab16.eng.auburn.edu> <1992Oct5.024348.23203@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <Bvo9vF.JuL@cs.psu.edu> <1b2ikmINNr0l@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 21:38:41 GMT Lines: 20