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FBI Arrests iPad Hacker

The dude who might have (or might not have...) exposed the e-mail addresses of thousands of iPad users recently has just gotten himself into a whole mess of trouble with the FBI...over drug charges. This could be nothing, of course, but it's a slow news week. Anybody want to guess what kind of drug a 20-something computer geek might have just maybe allegedly had (although we don't know for sure)? We don't know -- but we're thinking of horticulture here...

Posted by Lee Pender on June 17, 2010


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