1998-09-15 - Mersienne crack busted…

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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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UTC Datetime: 1998-09-15 04:12:16 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:12:16 +0800

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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:12:16 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Mersienne crack busted...
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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.

Interesting times, indeed...

Cheers,
Bob Hettinga
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com>
Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'





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