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Message no. 1
From: 00DNA mcmanus@******.albany.edu
Subject: real world follows sr
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 08:55:55 -0400
I know that in SR it was a food shortage and people protecting hazardous
materials which gave rise to corporate security forces in the SR
world...but in the article below it might be hackers which start the
process here.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/311611.asp


A man by the name of Lou Cipher...an alias for a computer hacker vigilante
(i.e. shadowrunner)
works for Fortune 500 companies tracking down hackers into their computers
(pay starts at 100,000).
He claims that if he find the hacker he and his associates (fellow runners)
will break into the person's
home to steal their computer in order to teach them a lesson. He calls it
corporate self-defense.

(:


--00DNA
"...user connection terminated."
Message no. 2
From: Arclight arclight@*********.de
Subject: real world follows sr
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:24:29 +0200
And finally, 00DNA expressed himself by writing:

<snip>

> He claims that if he find the hacker he and his associates (fellow
runners)
> will break into the person's home to steal their computer in order to
teach
> them a lesson. He calls it corporate self-defense.

Heard of that guy some month ago, IIRC during a book recension.
Some people working for providers and phone companies trace hackers
to their home [kinda stupid for them to hack from there IMO... get a
secure jackpoint ;)] and then tell them on the phone to stop. Next
step is getting their and "securing" their hardware. At the end,
they send some suits with baseball bats. Oh well...
Anyway, everyone of them agreed on the illegality of their
doing, but they said it would be their only chance of stopping them.

arclight

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