The south rises again!

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

Redneck Ragin'

from: http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2007/09/24/daily26.html?f=et50&ana=e_du

 A former Cox Communications Inc. employee pleaded guilty on Wednesday
to charges he hacked into the company's computer system and disrupted
computer and telecom services in four cities.

William Bryant, 38, of Norcross, Ga., pleaded guilty in federal
district court to knowingly causing the transmission of information to
a computer used in interstate commerce, and as a result intentionally
and without authorization causing damage to that computer.

He now faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of up
to $250,000. Sentencing is set for Dec. 13 before U.S. District Judge
Thomas W. Thrash.

Bryant is a former employee of Atlanta-based Cox Communications, which
operates a computer and telecommunications system throughout the
United States. After being asked to resign, Bryant remotely shut down
portions of Cox's system, causing the loss of computer and
telecommunications services, including access to 9-1-1 emergency
services, for Cox customers in Dallas, Las Vegas, New Orleans, and
Baton Rouge, La. Cox technicians restored service within hours.

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Although I disagree with the tactics, Cox does suck cocks. Personally
I would have thought it funnier to xss the front page of the AJC if
you had that kind of access. Something along the lines of "Stupid
rednecks finally admit Creationism is wrong while simultaneously
stopping the flood of wasted taxpayer dollars on the rebel flag
debate".

-JP<who would probably have to define "simultaneously" in the article>
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