AT&T Tells Hacker to Find Cell Service Elsewhere

[winglerw28]

Well the guy doesn't seem like the bad kind of hacker (referred to as a 'cracker' by most hackers because they do things illegally.) Essentially good hackers set things up, bad ones knock them down.

The irony is that he is defenceless against people hacking his phone because he can't hack his phone without voiding his contract. Guess that doesn't matter now 😛

 

[captaincharisma]

the high point would be if he was on a contract with em he got out of it for free. unless they force him to pay the penalty for backing out of a contract early and then he can take them to court for an easy win.

 

[decepticon]

[citation][nom]LORD_ORION[/nom]Heh, clearly someone is leaking his info from inside the company... how could someone get his account info without that happening? [/citation]

Spot on right there! How would anyone know he is a 'high profile target' if his info wasn't leaked already? So AT&T is pretty much saying anyone can get anyone else's account info. Mitnick has every right to complain about his account being compromised no matter who he is (and yes I know all about him...he got a bum rap...2600 anyone?).

 

[Guest]

There are ways out, he should be using prepaid anon phones to make his calls. Prepaid anon credit cards to do shopping etc. The he doesnt have to worry.

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Whats sad tho is the way at&t handled it tho, rather then tryign to secure their network they just try to sweep him under the rug. Good for the books, but its bad pr. Its admitting their security sucks, and they dont wanna bother to fix it.