MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson former hacker (2)
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Filed under: news MySpace users are very familiar with the visage of their first "friend" and MySpace cofounder [Tom Anderson], but did you ever wonder what he used to do before he became everyone's friend? TechCrunch's investigative reporting revealed that [Tom] was a hacker in the eighties who hacked into the Chase Manhattan Bank computer system, which attracted the attention of the FBI. Under the handle "Lord Flathead", he became the leader of a black ...
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etherealshadows said:
I guess this explains why the MySpace interface is, after so many years of MySpace existence, still SO DAMNED UGLY. (Actual hackers are interested in their hack just working, not necessarily how "pretty" it is.)
