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Winner of Google Hispanic College Fund Scholarship to Be Arrest by FBI

Haochi [PersonRank 10]

Sunday, October 29, 2006
17 years ago3,130 views

OMG. Gee.
Christopher Soghoian, one of the Google Hispanic College Fund Scholarship 2006 winner.
He created the "Northwest Airlines Boarding Pass Generator", which can "produce a boarding pass good enough to get anyone past TSA". Two days after creating the that generator, an Indiana congressman called for his arrest..

digg it: http://digg.com/security/FBI_Visits_PhD_student_A_2nd_Time_About_NWA_Ticket_Ordeal
links:
http://slightparanoia.blogspot.com/
http://www.google.com/press/annc/collegefundwinners.html
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:http://www.dubfire.net/boarding_pass

NateDawg [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

based on his latest post, things might be looking a little better
http://slightparanoia.blogspot.com/2006/10/bit-of-good-news.html

/pd [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

yeh I noted this from a infosec person on friday.... the site has already been pulled down..

/pd [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

and now we have fake warrent generator too :)-

http://www.dehp.net/fakewarrant/

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