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Re: Man Charged With Hacking USC Database
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:51:12 GMT
BTW, some additional info over at SecurityFocus: http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/191 Props to Robert Lemos. :-) - ferg -- "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote: Via C|Net. [snip] A 25-year-old San Diego man has been charged with hacking into the University of Southern California's online application system and nabbing personal data from prospective students. On Monday, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles filed a criminal complaint against Eric McCarty, a network administrator, for allegedly exploiting a vulnerability in a USC database that hosts and stores student applications. Officially, he's charged with "intentionally transmitting a code or command to cause damage to the USC online application system," according to the U.S. Attorney's office. Michael Zweiback, an assistant U.S. attorney in the cybercrimes and intellectual property unit, said that the case reflects a growing trend among hackers. [snip] More: http://news.com.com/2100-7350_3-6063470.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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