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Re:Top Most Famous Hackers of All Time by teilo on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @03:50PM (#730852)
Um, "stealing software worth 1.7 million dollars"? Software to do what, exactly? To run the environmental control system on IIS. Ok. So, what exactly does the development cost of the software have to do with the fact that Jonathan James downloaded the code? This makes it sound like NASA was out $1.7 million. Idiot reporters.
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Re:Top Most Famous Hackers of All Time by dbz on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @04:43PM (#730996)
Oh it gets even better! He claimed that the software was crap! 1.7 Million dollars of crap to be exact!
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Re:Top Most Famous Hackers of All Time by rawr on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @04:04PM (#730899)
That's not the worst part. From the article:

"Today, James asserts that he's learned his lesson and might start a computer security company."

However, if you read the Wikipedia page THAT THEY LINKED TO IN THE ARTICLE you'll learn that Jonathan James committed suicide in 2008.

I believe the Internet term for this is "FAIL".

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