🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <3aih02$r4k@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
westphal@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Brian Westphal) wrote:
> : "In article <3a0a4u$fq3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, el428@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
> : "(Todd D. Benner) writes:
> : "
> : ">>I'm punching this post in via the Cleveland Freenet, 'cause the GDFN
> : ">>has been down for TWO WHOLE DAYS NOW!!!
> : "
> The problem is that a hacker broke through the FreeNet 
> security and just about destroyed it.  This person knew what he needed to 
> delete to get the system to crash, and make it hard to recover.  There 
> have been several stories in the Detroit Free Press on it.  The folks at 
> the FreeNet admit to being lax on security because they didn't think 
> anyone would want to hack on a system that gives access to everybody.  
> Unfortunately, they didn't understand the psychology of hackers.

Could this be what happened to the Victoria Freenet?
And what about nyx? Didn't this recently happen there too?

Which freenet will be the next to tumble?

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