Operation n

We finally have an artist keen to start working with us to design some groovy hacker comic strips. Unfortunately, I had a bit of a creative LULL, and uur man is "just married"; congrats to him! So we’ll be kicking it off soon. If you any ideas for what you’d like to see in the Michael Daw Hacker Chronicles then now is the time to let us know!

Some of you may noticed MD has been down the last couple days, this was due to DNS problems from the recent move which has still not been resolved, however, we have setup some other DNS servers as a temporary measure until we can get the problem resolved with our ISP.

Well today I found some old school hacking tactics come into play as two students got caught and were prosecuted for changing their grades at Calstate University. To be fair that looks to be an inside job and this was only discovered after a routine audit 2 years previously. Though I think 20 years prison and $250000 is a tad harsh.

Anyhow following on this, there is a course where if you did that you might actually get a distinction, yes I am referring the new breed of postgraduate degrees in ethical hacking. According to vnunet, abertay university are first to offer an ethical hacking course. However, I know someone who graduated from the Internet security group at Royal Holloway in London.

Would be interested if anyone else around the world offer such a specific degree. Let us know!

Just to give our readers a heads up, you would have noticed Wooshy has joined in the project and has been releasing some cracking content.

What’s more, michaeldaw . org has been evolving for some time! Ive been tossing and turning in my bed at night and in my mind during the day to try find a domain name to match MD’s future vision. In short, stay tuned because we are taking this baby all the way :)

I had a great idea from a friend of mine tonight while we shared a few drinks and a fun conversation. I have been loving to bring you cool stories and news around the world involving the hacker culture but I wanted more contributions from my readers . . .

The idea is to present a topic that everyone can write on, the best stories will be presented on the site! Lets get this pumping guys! The storys can be really short if thats all you have time for, but lets get it happening!

The topic of the month:
Your first hacking experience

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