Obviously AT&T is responsible for their own systems. But what better publicity for the two parties than to come together and fix this.
My personal take on all this is that Kevin Mitnick once was a hacker, good but probably not even that great (he did get caught, remember) who is now minting his newfound reputation.
These kids prove that his reputation is somewhat less than he presents it to be and he's pissed off about that.
There is a proverb in there somewhere: High trees catch lots of wind...
AT&T is a bunch of weaklinks for terminating his account (same goes for his provider), they should secure their stuff with or without Kevins help. To terminate a user because they 'attract bad people' is ridiculous, imagine your bank telling you that they can no longer take your business because because of you the keep having burglary attempts. It's too silly for words.
My personal take on all this is that Kevin Mitnick once was a hacker, good but probably not even that great (he did get caught, remember) who is now minting his newfound reputation.
These kids prove that his reputation is somewhat less than he presents it to be and he's pissed off about that.
There is a proverb in there somewhere: High trees catch lots of wind...
AT&T is a bunch of weaklinks for terminating his account (same goes for his provider), they should secure their stuff with or without Kevins help. To terminate a user because they 'attract bad people' is ridiculous, imagine your bank telling you that they can no longer take your business because because of you the keep having burglary attempts. It's too silly for words.