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FBI Arrests Hacker Who Hacked No One

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He built a piece of software. That tool was pirated and abused by hackers. Now the feds want him to pay for the computer crooks’ crimes.

Kevin Poulsen
Kevin Poulsen 

Sr. National Security Correspondent

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Sr. National Security Correspondent

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