NODE 283b7366HACKER REPORT
Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>Sat, 27 Jul 1996 15:20:27 +0800
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SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,
Just saw part I of a two-part series on "hackers" being broadcast
by a local San Francisco TV station. Nothing horrible, in my
opinion. The adroitly sidestepped the hacker/cracker distinction
by saying the "hacker" has come to mean..." and then gave the
negative, intrusive definition.
The interviewed a spokesman for "InsWeb" an on-line insurance
company that has been the target of "hackers." During the filmed
segment, they did a trace-route on the intrusion which lead back
to Germany.
The explained "social engineering" and showed how a hacker could
get someone to reveal their password. They also interviewed a
San Jose computer crime cop named Keith Lowery. He didn't add
much to the discussion.
At the end, Pete Wilson (the TV guy, not the governor) said
something like, "Hackers tells us that the problem may be
overblown. Most people--and this includes most hackers--know
the difference between right and wrong."
Tomorrow's show should be more interesting (and possibly much
more sensationalistic). Part II is "The Hacker Underground."
Oooh, scary!
S a n d y
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NODE 786de8d5Re: HACKER REPORT
Rich Graves <rich@c2.org>Sat, 27 Jul 1996 18:35:25 +0800
On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
> At the end, Pete Wilson (the TV guy, not the governor) said
> something like, "Hackers tells us that the problem may be
> overblown. Most people--and this includes most hackers--
Really? Hackers are people?
-rich
NODE 1bb80d12Re: HACKER REPORT
Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>Sat, 27 Jul 1996 23:49:55 +0800
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SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,
On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Rich Graves wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
>
> > At the end, Pete Wilson (the TV guy, not the governor) said
> > something like, "Hackers tells us that the problem may be
> > overblown. Most people--and this includes most hackers--
>
> Really? Hackers are people?
MOST hackers.
S a n d y
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