Word: hacker
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...high-profile incident in April 2001, a hacker posted a message saying “Harvard sux” on the home page of the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid—just in time for pre-frosh weekend...
...Duck, the Rushin Hacker,” claimed authorship for the mysterious message, which apparently referenced the bells housed in Lowell tower that originally belonged to the St. Danilov Monastery in Moscow...
MEANWHILE Hacker Victory In an embarrassment to the Hollywood studios that brought the case against him, Norwegian teenager Jon Johanssen was acquitted of digital piracy by an Oslo court. Johanssen had developed a program to crack the codes on DVDs that prevent unauthorized copying and posted it on the Internet. The court ruled that he had only used the program to view DVDs he legally owned, and there was no evidence anyone else had used it illegally...
...Jean-Marie Messier reminded observers that Fourtou was parachuted in to clear the air of scandal. But this rejection of Vodafone's offer risks plunging Vivendi deeper into the abyss. The big question now is how long Vivendi's shareholders - and lenders - are willing to stay there. MEDIA Hacker, Or Just A Great Hack? saying a reporter breaks news too quickly is like saying a priest is too religious. But when employees of Swedish information technology group Intentia saw a Reuters story broadcasting their third-quarter results a full hour before they were to be released, they began to lose...
Information, as any hacker will tell you, wants to be free. From Web-enabled PDAs to wireless networks, new technology is making data freer than ever. But if the data are more accessible to you, they're more accessible to anyone who knows where to look for them. To keep valuable information out of the wrong hands, more businesses are turning to the ancient art of encryption, making security software one of the few growth sectors in business technology. Over the past three years, sales of encryption products have jumped 86%, to $248 million--a figure that will rise...