Convicted Hacker Takes Over Prison Network

[exfileme]

An inmate computer hacker was "hired" to write a program, but he hacked the network instead.

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[ssalim]

Wow, that prison needs to be nuked.

 

[megamanx00]

Force a "Hacker" to write a program for you for free. And leave him unsupervised. Yeah, that sounds like a great idea.

 

[-unknown-]

[citation][nom]ssalim[/nom]Wow, that prison needs to be nuked.[/citation]
Or at least someone with common sense calling the shots.

 

[Platypus]

It really doesn't matter that he was unsupervised. Any guard they would have placed to supervise him likely wouldn't know what the heck this guy was doing anyway.

[citation][nom]Kevin Parrish[/nom]"He set up such an elaborate array of passwords it took a specialist company to get it working."[/citation]The cost of this fix versus how much it costs to hire someone to code the original idea would be interesting to see.

 

[jellico]

ROFLMAO... way to go! For an encore, how about putting convicted child molesters in charge of a day care?

 

[cruiseoveride]

Why is he trying to extend his sentence? Is the food really that good in prison?

 

[norbs]

Wow the have some talented bunch there. A locksmith and a system administrator, at least if they put their knowledge to good use.

 

[norbs]

Wow the have some talented bunch there. A locksmith and a system administrator, at least if they put their knowledge to good use.

 

[warezme]

Take over prison title was a bit alarmist.

 

[amabhy]

"Last week an inmate in the same prison managed to forge a key that could open every door"

Is it just me or does that sound like a completely bullshit random statement? Must be a Tom's editor playing a prank again...

 

[bdaonion]

"The blunder emerged a week after the Sunday Mirror revealed how an inmate at the same jail managed to get a key cut that opened every door." - The Mirror

Not a complete BS statement. Its true. Read the original story.

 

[joeman42]

A virtual prison break, not quite as good as the real thing.

 

[DXRick]

That isn't going to look good on his resume! He would rather make a total ass out of himself than do anything positive with his abilities? Sad.

 

[fuser]

Wow. They better check behind the Cheryl Tiegs poster in his cell.

 

[fuser]

@DXRick : If the UK legal system is anything like it is in the U.S., this white collar criminal probably still has 80% of the money he stole sitting in his bank account waiting for him to get out.

He won't need a resume.

 

[ravewulf]

Lol, pwned

 

[Supertrek32]

Whaddya bet they'll still use his code (and the backdoor he put in it)?

 

[zachary k]

the guards are probably like the substitute teachers in high school. "oh, this is just a game programmed called halo"
"oh, ok, go on."
idiots.....

 

[Maxor127]

Jokes on the hacker. He just bought himself extra prison time. Probably significant time.