acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

ACM Opinion

A Fuzzy and Shifting Line Between Hacker and Criminal


View as: Print Mobile App Share:
Daniel Spitler

The federal government described Daniel Spitler as a hacker.

Credit: Bill Kostroun/Associated Press

In January 2011, I was assigned to cover a hearing in Newark, where Daniel Spitler, then 26, stood accused of breaching AT&T's servers and stealing 114,000 email addresses.

From The New York Times
View Full Article

 


 

No entries found

Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account