I was just hunting UFOs, says Pentagon's UK hacker

A hacker after my own heart.

[grelmar]

I like this guy because he's a real, traditional hacker. Not some web-vandal, but an old school geek just out looking for information.

Reuter's Article [today.reuters.com]

"My main thing was wanting to find out about UFOs and suppressed technology," he said insisting his intention was not to cause damage. "I wanted to ... find out stuff the government wouldn't tell you about."

He said it was easy, despite being only a rank amateur. Using the hacking name "Solo", he discovered that many U.S. top-security systems were using an insecure Microsoft Windows program and had no password protection at all.

[larryhatch]

You could easily argue he did the Government a favor. -Larry

[shigamoto]

Interesting, I will start using the UFO excuse too :) Why haven't you finished the ASP Database project?I was UFO-hunting...

On the other hand he exploited a number of security leaks that could have been dangerus if put into the wrong hands.

[Lex_Luther]

If he can do it then its sure foriegn governments have been doing it also. But maybe thats the intention, I think they have a name for it in spy craft. Like letting a spy uncover information on porpose to lead the other side on the wrong path.