Famous hacker heads to SA

[pimal3]

Can we perhaps interest him in writing a teeny little utility for SAIX while he is here? Something in the line of dividing every users stats by 10? I would love to upgrade my 10gig per month account to 100gig per month for no/low cost.

 

[suPerb0b]

When and where is this conference going to happen?

 

[justinct]

O my goodness.
U ppl r missing the point
We have someone coming here who could help us hack in telkom and bring them down

Lets start a fund "secretly" and then when he comes down we track him to his hotel room and talk 2him...
explain our plight.
From what i can gather hackers black and white hat want the internet freed up and telkom would be the greatest example for them
So maybe we could appeal 2his inner self and he will help us bring telkom down!! or hack into their systems and give as all unshaped uncapped 24mb/s accounts

Seriously tho... id love 2c telkom brought 2its knees even if it means no telephones and dsl for a week/month...they will lose millions

J

 

[Obelix]

My god! All this bickering about Kevin Mitnick. If you didn't know who he was on the first post, then you shouldn't even be posting here. And if you feel like a twerp for posting here, then read: http://www.takedown.com/evidence/transcripts/index.html

It might educate you a little bit. There is, of course, more than one side to a story. Both Shimomura's and Kevin's has intrigue, and conviction. But please. Don't let the press belittle "a famous hacker" and the man that caught him to a little piece of sideshow reporting.

This is one of the most awesome stories, and non-fiction ever written. From both sides.

You should also read Cyber-Punk. Contains 4 Stories, one of them handles Mitnick. Gives a different side of the whole thing.

 

[mamma]

There is a BIG security conference planned for early march...only in jhb & will be at the Forum (Didata venue)

Cost i hear is around R2400 for the 2 day event (if you are a member of www.whitehat.co.za)

 

[Mitnick Follower]

http://www.itweb.co.za/events/securitysummit/2006/

 

[kilo39]

The Kevin Poulsen story is amazing as well - read The Watchmen by Johathan Littman

 

[pupa]

Just call him a 'penetration specialist' ... lot more descriptive.

G@@dness, this description can have many conotations poping in some minds ?? May be confused with something else Hehe