Man accused of hacking into 911


	Man accused of hacking into 911

book-mole

10-21-2007 4:55 PM

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news, hacking, false alarm

book-mole says:

Scary stuff. If the officers had been nervous, or the owner of the house more belligerent, this could have been dreadful

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