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Re:Tycoon Xavier Niel says he was spy who hacked ex-French p... by henearkr on Monday May 25, 2020 @07:45AM (#23300093)
Not sure he did anything wrong. By the way, the article title is misleading, in that he did not hack Mitterand as a spy, but the reverse: he hacked for fun (to prove it was possible), and then was spotted for his skills and thus became a spy for the French police/military (Directorate of Territorial Surveillance). So that's rather white.
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Re:Tycoon Xavier Niel says he was spy who hacked ex-French p... by GrumpyNl on Monday May 25, 2020 @07:48AM (#23300112)
In those days, anybody could hack a french analogue board with a answering machine.
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Re:Tycoon Xavier Niel says he was spy who hacked ex-French p... by henearkr on Monday May 25, 2020 @07:53AM (#23300128)
But, Xavier Niel says "They told us it was impossible.", implying there was some form of mitigation, and he was skilled enough to get around it. At least that's what he says. Anyway I guess he did something more than other guys if he managed to get spotted.
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Re:Tycoon Xavier Niel says he was spy who hacked ex-French p... by henearkr on Monday May 25, 2020 @08:02AM (#23300174)
> Does "We told them it was impossible" count as mitigation?

He said he "got around" something, so that goes in the same direction.

I cannot be sure of anything, but that would be pretty dumb (and discredit them) from the French President's comms techs to just say "that's impossible" while anybody could hack it.

So, the working hypothesis is that, yes, there seem to have been mitigation in place.

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Re:Tycoon Xavier Niel says he was spy who hacked ex-French p... by philipov on Monday May 25, 2020 @07:56AM (#23300151)
Does "We told them it was impossible" count as mitigation?
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