Myspace's Tom Anderson was an 80s "WarGames" Hacker

Re:Myspace's Tom Anderson was an 80s "WarGames" Hacker by tlrobinson on Saturday August 30, 2008 @03:14PM (#290997)

My respect for MySpace Tom almost rose significantly, until I got to this bit...

"Anderson obtained or guessed the passwords necessary to get through the first level of security and, once connected, changed at least two passwords to prevent bank officials from accessing the system. The group also created fictitious accounts, and Anderson, using the Lord Flathead name, left a message saying that unless he was given free use of the system he would destroy records."

Not cool. Pretty stupid too.

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Re:Myspace's Tom Anderson was an 80s "WarGames" Hacker by dmix on Saturday August 30, 2008 @03:45PM (#291009)

14 years old hacking into a major banks computer system in the 1980s, with a group of (40+) hackers looking up to him.

At that age he was bound to let that go to his head and get a little too confident.

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Re:Myspace's Tom Anderson was an 80s "WarGames" Hacker by wheels on Sunday August 31, 2008 @02:13PM (#291451)

I, fortunately, did absolutely nothing idiotic at the age of 14.

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Re:Myspace's Tom Anderson was an 80s "WarGames" Hacker by KevBurnsJr on Saturday August 30, 2008 @04:15PM (#291030)

Yup, that's a recipe for bust.

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