At 3:11 PM -0800 5/9/98, Spam the President wrote:
It wouldn't make any sense. Why would a hacker use a military site that is actively monitored to hack into a site with less security?
Consider the wonderful irony of hacking into some site and having the blame go somewhere else. Consider a somewhat different circumstance. I was recently in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The southern border of the monument runs across the US/Mexico border. One of the stops on the tourist drive around the monument is a parking lot 40 feet from a broken gate in the fence that marks the border. There is a large sign there suggesting that people not leave their cars because of recent breakins. There was also broken auto glass on the ground. Now, if I were breaking into cars, I would pick that parking lot, rather than others further north, in hopes that everyone would blame the Mexicans. Don't think I am sure that the Mexicans are not responsible, just that I see a chance for some US lowlifes to deflect the blame. I see the same opportunity in using a hacked Navy computer to hack a marine mammal site. It may be the Navy, or it may be a hacker with a polished sense of irony. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | If hate must be my prison | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | lock, then love must be | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | the key. - Phil Ochs | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA