Back to the articlePosted Thursday 29th May 2008 21:15 GMT
Vandalism #
Vandalism is still vandalism whether it's seen by a million people or 1.
French police bust 22 youths in alleged hacking network
Police in Dijon, France have detained 22 youths suspected of being members of a domestic network of hackers. According to the French daily Le Monde, sixteen of the alleged hackers are minors, and at least one is reported to be 14 years-old. The oldest detained was 25 years-old. They were apprehended yesterday near Paris and …
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Posted Thursday 29th May 2008 20:14 GMT
Sir, you are a script kiddy #
If "hackers" these days don't know about using proxies or anonymisers to leave fake chat room trails, then perhaps they would better be adverted as 'kiddy hackers', or 'kackers' for short. hmm
Posted Friday 30th May 2008 00:43 GMT
True, true... #
It's a bit like the burglar saying "Well Guv! They left the blinking door open!"
And, of course, an open door does not mean it is ok to burgle.
Posted Friday 30th May 2008 09:07 GMT
Hackers ! #
Why not make use of their talents in a better way Mr FRANCE. If they have the knowledge to do so why not tell them once small congregate and tell those concern the methods they used and suggest how this could be prevented.
Mr France think about that !
Posted Friday 30th May 2008 09:07 GMT
French hacking #
We have been targeted by French hackers in the past. The method they always used was to try and to brute force a guest ftp account.
Duh.
Posted Friday 30th May 2008 09:08 GMT
They got caught? #
I heard they surrendered, just in case they got caught. BTW how many web sites are there in Iceland? Apart from the well known supermarket one....
Paris, cos she's good with French
Posted Friday 30th May 2008 09:40 GMT
@James Verdonk #
No surprise there. That'll be because that's the way that they're always done it in France and the fact that it was crap to start with and doesn't work any more isn't going to stop them continuing to use it.
It's a bit like building fortifications on the German border.
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