Let this be a lesson for the youngsters. Hack into classified
government emails and then post account logins and passwords for
public consumption, and you might get your apartment trashed. That's
what happened to Sweden's Dan Egerstad, so-called "hacker of the
year."

According to reports, in August Egerstad gained access to 1,000 email
accounts at embassies around the world. He contacted the governments
in question to alert them of the vulnerability. But he didn't hear
back right away. So he posted a sampling of the data online. Well,
he's heard back now. The Swedish National Crime and Swedish Security
Police agencies paid a visit to his aprtment.

"They broke my wardrobe, short cutted my electricity, pulled out my
speakers, phone and other cables having nothing to do with this and
been touching my bookkeeping, which they have no right to do,"
Egerstad told the Sydney Morning Herald.

Picture of the ransacked apartment:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fooishbar/572304534/

News reference:
http://valleywag.com/tech/bad-ideas...cked-323122.php

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it's true, the biggest threats to privacy do come from liberals

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:37:28 -0800 (PST), Ilian <box500@mailvault.com>
wrote:

>Let this be a lesson for the youngsters. Hack into classified
>government emails and then post account logins and passwords for
>public consumption, and you might get your apartment trashed. That's
>what happened to Sweden's Dan Egerstad, so-called "hacker of the
>year."
>
>According to reports, in August Egerstad gained access to 1,000 email
>accounts at embassies around the world. He contacted the governments
>in question to alert them of the vulnerability. But he didn't hear
>back right away. So he posted a sampling of the data online. Well,
>he's heard back now. The Swedish National Crime and Swedish Security
>Police agencies paid a visit to his aprtment.
>
>"They broke my wardrobe, short cutted my electricity, pulled out my
>speakers, phone and other cables having nothing to do with this and
>been touching my bookkeeping, which they have no right to do,"
>Egerstad told the Sydney Morning Herald.
>
>Picture of the ransacked apartment:
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/fooishbar/572304534/
>
>News reference:
>http://valleywag.com/tech/bad-ideas... />
323122.php

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