[79627] in Cypherpunks
Hackers! Hackers!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Osborne)
Wed May 7 15:45:02 1997
Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 14:58:34 -0400
To: cypherpunks mailing list <cypherpunks@algebra.com>
From: Rick Osborne <osborne@gateway.grumman.com>
Reply-To: Rick Osborne <osborne@gateway.grumman.com>
"the Net" Magazine, #6 for June 97 page 96, has a blurb entitled "NetSurfer
Archetypes: Seven Frightening Case Studies", one of which is of course "The
Hacker". It says:
The Hacker
alias: :parasite:
modus operandi: Breaks into Procter & Gamble's main database, and inserts a
script that sends a free home pregnancy test to every man, woman, and child
in North America.
identifying marks: Pacific Bell lineman's uniform ("Hank from the Central
Office sent me. You fellas got the security keys we requested?)
favorite Web site: 25 Real-Life MacGuyvers
philosophy of life: "43NytRoPH"
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