Last January, Adrian Lamo awoke in the abandoned building near Philadelphia's Ben Franklin Bridge where he'd been squatting, went to a public computer with an Internet connection, and found a leak in the Excite@Home's supposedly airtight company network. Just another . . . . Last January, Adrian Lamo awoke in the abandoned building near Philadelphia's Ben Franklin Bridge where he'd been squatting, went to a public computer with an Internet connection, and found a leak in the Excite@Home's supposedly airtight company network. Just another day in the life of a young man who may be the world's most famous homeless hacker. More than a year later, Lamo is becoming widely known in hacker circles for tiptoeing into the networks of companies like Yahoo and WorldCom -- and then telling the corporate guys how he got there. The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . Adrian Lamo lived a dual life between homelessness and hacking, excelling in uncovering corporate vulnerabilities while advocating for digital ethics and transparency. Adrian Lamo, Ethical Hacking, Cybersecurity, Corporate Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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