*Laugh or cry, it's your choice I guess...
via SANS
–Jailed Cyber Criminal Hacks Prison's Educational Computer System
(March 3 & 4, 2013)
Nicholas Webber, who in May 2011 was sentenced to five years in prison
by a UK court, hacked into the prison's computer system after he was
permitted to attend technology classes there. Webber was the mastermind
responsible for Ghostmarketnet, a forum used to trade malware and
stolen credit card information. The site at one point had 8,500 members
and the information available there was used to steal GBP 15 million (US
$22.6 million) from bank accounts around the world. The educational
system that Webber hacked while in prison was a closed network at the
time.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/04/convicted_hacker_hack_into_prison/
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2252112/jailed-cyber-crook-hacks-prisons-network-while-locked-up
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57572282-83/jailed-hacker-allowed-into-it-class-hacks-prison-computers/
[Editor's Note (Henry): Brilliant. This just in..."Convicted embezzler
named to handle prison accounting system."
(Murray): Hacking is addictive behavior, recidivism high, and reform
unlikely. Rogue hackers should be protected from temptation. We cannot
say this too often or too loudly. However, those who most need this
message are not part of our audience.
(Pescatore): I think the instructor said he had no idea Webber was in
jail for hacking. Might be a good idea to check student's arrest record
before letting arsonists into campfire class or cybercriminals into IT
class.]
