27 Dec
1996
27 Dec
'96
6:52 p.m.
Kevin Mitnick is a little differnet than Tommy, the 15 yr old who stays up all night uploading warez to the incoming directory on ftp servers. Thousands of stolen credit cards are different than 500 megs of warez. Confronted with this situation the "local authorities" would laugh, whether it be the town sheriff or the local fbi office.
Law enforcement agencies _do_ contact providers, and do catch folk. Read any popular book about shimomura and mitnick to see an instance. (legal tramplings not withstanding)
-alan