Feb 2006
Prison
I went to prison as a visiting author. It was pretty moving experience, so I was compelled to write an essay on the experience.
Prison essay
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Sat Feb 11 2006 Filed in: Hackers
It's a bit of a small news item but there's a good hacking story in the news here. The best part of it to me were the players involved. The victim, a hospital, could have had real casualties because of the hack. The perpetrator wasn't after thrills but profit. This is the new face of cybercrime. Lives at risk for profit to be made. Get used to it. There's going to be more.
Seattle Times: 3 accused of inducing ill effects on computers at local hospital
As part of my day job, I was involved in this case and I'm glad it's finally drawing to a successful conclusion. You'll get more of the inside story on the case in Heidi book 2 and book 3.