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I’m a couple of weeks behind on my RSS feeds, so this is kind of old news. I thought it was hilarious, so I’m posting it anyway. Congressional aide Todd Schriber, press aid to Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Montana), contacted attrition.org in August 2006 to hire a hacker to change his grades at Texas Christian University. ATTRITION is a security group that collects and disseminates information about computer security.

ATTRITION posted the e-mails between them and Schriber. Network World recently discovered Schriber’s identity. Schriber first denied any knowledge of the incident, but finally owned up to the e-mails after a few phone conversation with Network World. Shortly after the Network World story broke, Schriber was fired.