Mersienne crack busted...

[Mok-Kong Shen]

Robert Hettinga wrote:
> 
> Somebody evidently installed the Mersienne(sp?) prime search client on
> 2000+ AT&T machines.
> 
> The local talk station news has a report that they have just been
> apprehended and will be prosecuted for it.

Mersenne.

Perhaps the company should be grateful that someone has helped
to spot a hole in security, since the hacker has apparently done
no really serious damages except computing time.

M. K. Shen