29 Mar 2003
Chip Off the Ol' Block

Chip Off the Ol' Block

[from Wired]

A 17-year-old kid arrested for hacking into ATMs on Long Island turns out to be the son of IBM's director of client security, reports the New York Post. Loren Anderson is the alleged brains behind an identity-theft operation that resulted in about $100,000 being stolen. Although Loren's father, Clain, declined comment, one computer-hacking expert said it was likely the boy had "top-of-the-line equipment to learn on" at home because of his father's position. The problem, said Dan Verton, is that kids are becoming computer experts without learning anything about the ethical issues attached to the technology.

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