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The most interesting part of the reaction from the Vanity Fair piece for me is how so many geeks had no idea of this story until it was spelled out to them by a
by nikcub 13y ago
The most interesting part of the reaction from the Vanity Fair piece for me is how so many geeks had no idea of this story until it was spelled out to them by a mainstream magazine (even though the Aleynikov case was extensively covered here on HN).
Now would be a good time to highlight the cases of hackers that Michael Lewis doesn't have time to write about: Bo Zhang, Michael Meneses, the Madoff programmers, John Kane (has had most charges dropped now), the Liberty Reserve guys and almost everybody ever charged with Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- dopamean 13y agoWhat's the story with the guys who worked for Madoff? I've heard nothing of this.
- nikcub 13y agoHere is a Wikipedia article on the upcoming federal trial, but a warning that it is all based on the indictment and doesn't have the defense side of the story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Jerome_O'Hara_and_George_Perez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Jerome_O'Hara_... This case contradicts the FBI findings from the Madoff case, and relies on the programmers having of had to know that their system could also be used to print out fake trades.
- speeder 13y agoCan you provide links? I never heard of any of those cases!!!