Tuesday, November 27, 2012

112712WarmUp

At the request of John Cardarella, Computer Programming student, let's take a look at an interesting event that unfortunately reflects the dark side of computer programming:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119423&page=1

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119677&page=1

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/06/nasa_hacker_rolex_jailed/

Read what happened to another hacker that wasn't so lucky to remain anonymous:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/tjx-sentencing/

Always remember:

Use your powers for good!

Leave a comment!

dmac

6 comments:

cjakathekid said...

i always find it kinda funny when people hack things for fun

Unknown said...

why did even hack it wen hes going to jail for it

Unknown said...

i think it crazy how people can do this

Lil chris said...

A Snitch Nigga ! # thats that shit i dont like!

dmacRHS said...

Alberto Gonzalez used his extensive knowledge of computer networks and protocol to access unauthorized information, stealing millions of credit card numbers. For all of that, he is now serving 2 concurrent 25 year sentences. Was it really worth it?

dmac

Unknown said...

well you might say crime never pays but i would say its not stealing intil u get caught and that guy would of been better off working alone other than the feds.