Stop Him Before He Hacks Again
This isn't Lamo's first conquest. In September, 2001, he hacked into the content servers at Yahoo! -- and actually did alter a news story to demonstrate that he was capable of breaching security. A month later, he hacked customer-information databases at software powerhouse Microsoft. In December, 2001, he gained access to secret network-topography diagrams at voice-and-data carrier WorldCom, going so far as to e-mail company officials a supposedly secret file showing key locations of network equipment.
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