This is such bullsh*t.
"an alleged intrusion that cost the county a reported $5,000 to clean up."
WTF? What cost $5000???? For the county to ream out the net admins for f*cking up!!! The cost of the wireless AP's that mr dumbsh*t net admin recommended? - Oh just leave it at default. It's the best security setting in the world.
"District Clerk Charles Bacarisse told the paper that no confidential information was disclosed but the alleged intrusion eventually resulted in the county closing its wireless LAN only a month after it was activated. "
So what cost $5000????????
Check this out!
"On March 18, Puffer demonstrated to a county official and a Chronicle reporter how easy it was to gain access to the court's system using only a laptop computer and a wireless LAN card. "
And now he is doing jail time for this???
Let me get this straight:
1. A reporter contacted him to "stumble"
2. A county official accompanied them to go stumble.
3. He accessed their network and showed them, lets say, the workstations.
4. He did NOTHING to their networks.
5. Now is facing jail time!!!
"Puffer, who was employed briefly by the county's technology department in 1999, could get five years in jail and faces a $250,000 fine on each count if convicted, the Houston Chronicle reports."
Sorry to stoop to the level of cursing. But this crap pisses me off! Here someone was helping them and now they turn around and lock him up.
Ok, ok so he should of had a signed contract with the court house and what not, but it still frosts my ass..
---Ok, so I missed the part about uploading porn. Ok, so he did hack, pretty deep too. Oh well, his loss. Dumbass.