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I lived on the same floor in the dorms as Nate Lawson. One time, we went into his room and realized he left himself logged in as root, so we changed his passwor

I lived on the same floor in the dorms as Nate Lawson. One time, we went into his room and realized he left himself logged in as root, so we changed his password, then taunted him about it over IRC as he frantically tried to pwn his own computer. Good times. /Geek

tptacek 18y ago
To finish the story properly, you should note that he probably did own his own computer up: his first documented finding was in 1993, while he was at CalPoly.