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A staffer for Montana congressman Denny Rehberg tried to hire a hacker to break into the computers at Texas Christian University to change his GPA. Instead, the hackers led the staffer to go through a series of hilarious rigamaroles, and then published the whole email exchange on the web.
From: security curmudgeon (jericho@attrition.org)Link (via Schneier)
To: Todd Shriber (nascar24_08530@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:51:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Question for you or other Attrition members: I don't live near the college anymore, I'm 1,000 miles away. Is there
: some other sign of trust I can extend to you or should I wait a few
: weeks and travel to my school and get these pictures?A picture of a squirrel or pigeon near where you live is fine. One close up, one from the distance enough so there are buildings or anything to help identify the location of where the pic was taken from.
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