Tuesday, March 19, 2002

The World's Biggest Idiot Award Goes to . . . -- 9:10 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Jerome Heckencamp, accused of hacking into eBay and other sites, for his attempts to defend himself in court. He's either clueless or somehow hoping that being belligerent will help his cause. Here's a snip:

During what was to be a routine proceeding to set future court dates, Heckenkamp challenged the indictment against him on the grounds that it spells his name, Jerome T. Heckenkamp, in all capital letters, while he spells it with the first letter capitalized, and subsequent letters in lower case.

Last week, Heckenkamp, 22, fired attorney Jennifer Granick, and co-counsel Marjorie Allard, in order to personally defend himself against two federal grand jury indictments charging that he cracked computers at eBay, Lycos, Exodus Communications, and other companies in 1999. It was the second time Heckenkamp fired his lawyers -- in January, he had a federal magistrate appoint him as his own counsel, only to change his mind the same day.

Nothing like adding "contempt of court" to your list of charges. Thanks Slashdot.

News for 03/19/2002

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