> > Wouldn't it be funny is somebody ahcked into the ahckers computer and jammed it up. Just a
> > thought.
>
> I read of that happening... there was a computer security expert who saw that his computer was
> getting hacked, set up a bunch of traps and false-fronts for the hacker on his own computer;
> and then from the connection, wormed his way into the hacker's computer, pulled out some
> personal information on the hacker, and managed to get him arrested. I think this happened over a
> long period of time, tho, like a series of hack attempts over a week or two.

Yes, I remember reading about an occasion when something like that occurred. I remember one of the other details in the case I read about was this: the hacker was really, really, dumb.

Consider this:
Guy wants to look cool and be looked up to by his peers, so he connects to a computing newsgroup, picks a post at random, and violently disagrees with it, pouring scorn on the author.
His plan backfires (big surprise): everybody on the newsgroup either tells him off or laughs at him for disagreeing with such an elegant and *correct* post. His fledgling reputation has gone up in smoke.
Well, he'll show *them*. Is he going to reform and become a humble member of society? No, of course not - he's going to prove his worth by finding out where his tormentor (the guy whose post he flamed, in case you were wondering) works, and crash their computers.
You know the rest.

It's sad, isn't it, that there's actually people like that out there.

Pa"I think it was Batman who said, 'Of course I feel sorry for them. But I feel more sorry for their victims.'"ul