Lamaline_5mg, the alleged "French woman" who cracked the BART Police Officers' Website Association site claims to have no experience with hacking: "They had zero security." SFWeekly writes, "she figured out how to get into BART's website by a one-page PDF tutorial and googling 'site:bartpoa.com inurl:.asp?'"
BART Police website hacker had no previous experience
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This drop-proof Chromebook is perfect for klutzes, and now it's just $59.99
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