[71195] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Even you can be hacked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Thu Jun 10 16:36:45 2004
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:31:41 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
To: Crist Clark <crist.clark@globalstar.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <40C8C1EA.2030901@globalstar.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Crist Clark wrote:
>
> Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> > If you leave your lights on, the electric company will send you a bill.
>
> If the neighbor taps into your power lines after the meter...?
That will be a criminal matter between you and your neighbour.
> > If you leave your faucets running, the water company will send you a bill.
> > If you leave your computer infected, ???
>
> If you lose your credit card and someone runs up thousands of dollars
> in charges, the credit card company sends you a bill... But you can at
> most be held responsible for $50.
Which is a 'feature' of most credit cards, irrelevant to criminal law.
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