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Re: Mersienne crack busted...
Robert Hettinga wrote:
>
> Somebody evidently installed the Mersienne(sp?) prime search client on
> 2000+ AT&T machines.
>
> The local talk station news has a report that they have just been
> apprehended and will be prosecuted for it.
Mersenne.
Perhaps the company should be grateful that someone has helped
to spot a hole in security, since the hacker has apparently done
no really serious damages except computing time.
M. K. Shen