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What a mess.. He didn't even do anything malicious to the provider by the looks of it. > Finally, the hacker made a mistake. He skipped the VPN and entered a h
by antonzabirko 5y ago
What a mess.. He didn't even do anything malicious to the provider by the looks of it.
> Finally, the hacker made a mistake. He skipped the VPN and entered a hacked KPN computer server directly from his home connection. With that, he exposed his home address.
Also this part seems like a lie.
- iso1210 5y agoI don't trust a lot of this reporting, it's quite clearly written from an anti-computer anti-nerd slant, with no empathy for the kid involved
- MarcScott 5y agoI agree. I found this painful to read. > They let him do whatever he wanted. If he felt like gaming, he’d boot up Windows. But more often he chose Linux, his go-to operating system. Why is this important? This is exactly what I do. I also frequently use a VPN, yet it's treated in the article as if the use of such technologies automatically labels you as some sort of nefarious hacker.
- saberdancer 5y agoIt seems that they didn't need that mistake if they were checking connections to the VPN from KPN users. They could do a cross reference by checking his connections to the outside and then times when the hacker was "attacking". They could also drop his internet connection for a bit to see if the hacker gets disconnected. And looking at how it was portrayed, it's doubtful his PC was "clean", especially if they catch him in the act.