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> Let's put it this way: we wouldn't call it hacking if he had held on to his badge/keys to the building and got the information that way. If he did that it'd
by chimeracoder 2y ago
> Let's put it this way: we wouldn't call it hacking if he had held on to his badge/keys to the building and got the information that way.
If he did that it'd be prosecutable as breaking and entering, and it's perfectly reasonable to use the term "hacking" as the digital counterpart for "breaking and entering".
EDIT: It also looks like you work at Ticketmaster, or at least used to? If that's the case, that's a rather weird thing not to mention in the context of this thread.
- cbsmith 2y agoTo be clear: I agree it was hacking. I'm saying that aside from the IP theft angle, this kind of hacking doesn't usually get heavy handed consequences for individuals. AFAIK, the individual involved was not prosecuted criminally. I used to work at Ticketmaster. I don't anymore and I didn't at the time of the incident, so it didn't seem relevant to the discussion.