Reporters booted from conference for hacking

August 8, 2008 By JORDAN ROBERTSON , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public WiFi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room.

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nilbud - Aug 09, 2008
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Tsk special rules for journos, what a bunch of assholes. Fair play to the Frenchman.
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