Part 52 (1/2)

YOU CAN'T WHAT'S YOUR HANDLE?

Handle? Like CB? Never had one

YOU NEED ONE DUDE WITHOUT IT YOU'RE A JUST A REPORTER NERD

Been called worse How about Spook? That's what I'

CAN'T WE ALREADY GOT A SPOOK CAN'T HAVE TWO TRY AGAIN

What do you mean we?

WE MY GROUP YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD OF 401 AND CHAOS AND THE LEGION OF DOOM WELL, I AM PART OF ANOTHER GROUP BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT'S CALLED YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE INNER CIRCLE

I KNOW WHAT I'LL CALL YOU REPO MAN

repo man

REPORTER MAN SUSPICIOUS TOO

I suspect that hackers are up to no good

OK, SOME ARE, BUT THEY'RE THE EXCEPTION HOW MANY Mass GOOD SAMARITANS OTHER THAN MOTHER TERESA DO YOU WRITE ABOUT? NONE

ONLY IF THEY'RE KILLED IN ACTION BUT, Mass MURDERERS ARE NEWS

SO ALL YOU NEWS FIENDS MAKE HEADLINES ON DEATH AND DESTRUCTION

THE MEDIA SELLS THE HYPE AND YOU CAN'T DENY IT

Got ht, that's what the public buys But not all news is bad

EXACTLY SEE THE POINT?

At least we don't do the crime, just report it What about these viruses I suppose hackers are innocent of that too

BY AND LARGE YES PEOPLE THAT WRITE VIRUSES AND INFECT COMPUTERS ARE THE COMPUTER EQUIVALENT TO SERIAL KILLERS OR HOW ABOUT THE GUY WITH AIDS, WHO KNOWS HE'S GOT IT AND SCREWS AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE CAN TO SPREAD IT AROUND VIRUSES ARE DANGEROUS AND DEMENT- ED NO HACKER OF THE CODE WOULD DO THAT

You keepthis code What is the code?

IT'S A CODE OF ETHICS THAT MOST OF US LIVE BY AND IT'S CRUCIAL TO A STABLE UNDERGROUND CULTURE THAT SURVIVES BY ITS WITS IT GOES LIKE THIS: NEVER INTENTIONALLY DAMAGE ANOTHER COMPUTER

That's it?

PRETTY SIMPLE HUH?

So, you said earlier that you poke around NASA cos of hackers Some- one broke the code

EXACTLY BUT NO ONE'S TAKING CREDIT

Why would they? Isn't that a sure giveaway and a trip up the river?

YES AND NO MORRIS FOR EXAMPLE ADMITTED HIS MISTAKE HE SAID HE WAS WRITING A VIRUS FOR THE EXERCISE AND IT GOT OUT OF CONTROL