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Not sure he did anything wrong. By the way, the article title is misleading, in that he did not hack Mitterand as a spy, but the reverse: he hacked for fun (to
by henearkr 6y ago
Not sure he did anything wrong. By the way, the article title is misleading, in that he did not hack Mitterand as a spy, but the reverse: he hacked for fun (to prove it was possible), and then was spotted for his skills and thus became a spy for the French police/military (Directorate of Territorial Surveillance). So that's rather white.
- GrumpyNl 6y agoIn those days, anybody could hack a french analogue board with a answering machine.
- henearkr 6y agoBut, Xavier Niel says "They told us it was impossible.", implying there was some form of mitigation, and he was skilled enough to get around it. At least that's what he says. Anyway I guess he did something more than other guys if he managed to get spotted.
- philipov 6y agoDoes "We told them it was impossible" count as mitigation?
- henearkr 6y ago> Does "We told them it was impossible" count as mitigation? He said he "got around" something, so that goes in the same direction. I cannot be sure of anything, but that would be pretty dumb (and discredit them) from the French President's comms techs to just say "that's impossible" while anybody could hack it. So, the working hypothesis is that, yes, there seem to have been mitigation in place.