The highly-public hack is intended to show that GSM is a fundamentally insecure system, and should be dumped altogether in favor of 3G protocols.

FORBES: Updated with a response from the GSM Association below.

But what appears to have happened is a few rogue agents stayed in the system and managed to hack their way to 77 million PSN members personal information, including birthdays, addresses, emails, phone numbers and possibly credit cards.

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Back home, as he attempts to hack into the school's system to change his biology grade to a C from an F, he explains to his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) what he's doing, thereby teaching the audience what a password is.

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People who like to hack, for fun or for worse reasons, want to see how robust a system is.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The loopholes in the flight management system were detailed by Mr Teso during a presentation to the Hack In The Box conference in Amsterdam.

BBC: Hacker targets flight deck computer systems

While there are a number of security implications, it is interesting to see how the attackers were able to hack the system and retrieve the data.

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You've got to fight for your favorite gaming system by coming up with the best possible hack you can muster, and documenting it with a proper write-up (we'll consider really amazing tips and how-tos as well).

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