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SecurityFocus home news: New York 6 Internal Network Hacked of the‘concerns with the online avatiapiiity ot personal intormation is the lack of security that often surrounds those kinds of systems... There's an ethical obligation to protect this data, given the harm that can result in the form of identity theft from obtaining a Social Security number." This isn’t the first time personal information on the rich and powerful has been compromised by weak network security. One year ago, anti-globalization hackers penetrated a database maintained by the World Economic Forum, and downloaded similar data on attendees of the group's summit on global economic trends in Davos, Switzerland, including Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, South African President Thabo Mbeki and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. But with the Times hack Lamo may have gone one better. Rather than merely crossing the information wake left by the elite, Lamo says he actually joined their ranks, creating his own entry in the 'L' section of the Times database, complete with his real name, cell phone number, and email address. In the space set aside for a description of the contributor's expertise, Lamo wrote, “Computer hacking, national security, communications intelligence." <tips@securityfocus.com> Discussion [ Post a comment ] Privacy Statement Copyright © 1999-2001 SecurityFocus http://online.securityfocus.com/news/342 Page 3 of 3 FBI(19-cv-1495)-1615 2/2702