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This email was hacked by anonymous, but I took no part in that. I simply got the password back, and changed it so no further damage could be done. Please get in contact with Sarah Palin and inform her the new password on this account is samsonite1. Thank you and best wishes, the good anonymous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Palin's E-Mail Hacked | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...organized and he was looking for specific material," says Jordan, who also blames the "absurd insecurity" of the U.S.'s cyber-defenses. "McKinnon was mainly using the basic technique of an automatic dialer that scans loads of machines until it finds ones that either have their administrator password still set to default or were just left open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hack Attack | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...tried to keep from transmitting any big files till late at night. And leaving your network open can put your personal data at risk--but I didn't want their data; I wanted their bandwidth! If it was so precious to them, they should have put a password on it! Don't look at me like that--according to the Wi-Fi Alliance, 53% of people surveyed said they'd done the same thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a Wi-Fi Thief | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...people thought of creative names for their networks: ParisBrooklyn, MessageInaBottle. Some were boring: linksys, NETGEAR, default. I was always happy to see the boring ones, because the people who don't bother thinking of clever names for their home networks are the same people who don't bother to password-protect them. Anybody who calls his hot spot WebOfDarkness isn't going to give me any wireless love. I think YouHavSomNerv...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a Wi-Fi Thief | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...When I moved into a new apartment a few weeks ago, I decided my financial situation was stable enough that I could start paying for my data again, though my frequent conversations with EarthLink tech support make me miss the old days of trying to crack YouHaveSomNerv's password. In an attempt to achieve some kind of karmic balance, I have left my network open to any neighbors who want to mooch off it. Which, believe it or not, is a violation of EarthLink's terms of service. What do you know--I'm still a desperado after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a Wi-Fi Thief | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

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