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  The hacker was John Draper aka Captain Crunch since the whistle came from a cereal box.
context: "California teens side hustle that earns him an extra 2000k per month!" >
  
  To be fair: he put a QR code on the ticket which took them to a website where they could pay. That’s a pretty good system! They should hire him. >
  
  On top of that, no one bats an eye when you receive a parking ticket at the beach either. >
  
  Article says he agreed to give back 50 million. Does he just get to keep the other 72 million?? >
  
  Rest were taxes, obviously noone is returning those >
  
  Lol even when you steal the Government gets a cut of the taking. Not a sanctioned transaction and the money was stolen, but wait "muh taxes". >
  
  you think this lithuanian dude scamming google was paying taxes on money he stole, lmao , no chance >
  
  The best black market business people wash their money. Want to know what washing really is? Agreeing to find a way for the government to excuse your income so long as you find a good way to pay taxes on it from their agreed upon revenue ventures. >
  
  This man deserves a spot in Congress! >
  
  They're full with his ilk already >
  
  “unlawful use of a computer system” sounds like a troubling charge of the future. >
  
  Ha ha ha
  Dude this was a huge deal in the '80s
  Isn't this one thing Matthew Broderick was threatened with in War Games?
  And the Phone Phreaks who went on to become computer hackers. Oh boy >
  
  Was Bill Gates one of those phone phreaks? >
  
  No, but Steve Wozniak (one of the inventors behind Apple) was, he helped make the flute thing for spoofing long distance phone calls. He didn't make it, it was a toy, but he helped figure out an alternative use for it.