Suspect In Altavista Hacking Works For Microsoft

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<div class="IPBDescription">r00fles. No big suprise really...</div><a href='http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/181377_msftsearch09.html' target='_blank'>Story</a><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->A Kirkland man arrested last week on allegations that he stole proprietary technology from the AltaVista search engine two years ago is a Microsoft Corp. employee who has been working on the Redmond company's MSN Search initiative.

Federal authorities allege that Laurent Chavet, a former AltaVista employee, illegally accessed the California company's computer system in March 2002 and June 2002, after he left AltaVista and well before he went to work for Microsoft. Chavet, then living in California, copied to his home computer source code that was used by AltaVista "to perform the function of scouring the World Wide Web," according to an FBI affidavit.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Anyone else seen <a href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/' target='_blank'>Antitrust</a>? heh.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    edited July 2004
    It's not like he was working at Microsoft while he did it. The reason he got hired is probably because he has those sort of skills.

    Edit: whoops. Speed reading for t3h win: He was working on MSN search. Uh...

    He sucks.
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  • JHunzJHunz Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8815Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Jul 11 2004, 02:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Jul 11 2004, 02:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's not like he was working at Microsoft while he did it. The reason he got hired is probably because he has those sort of skills.

    Edit: whoops. Speed reading for t3h win: He was working on MSN search. Uh...

    He sucks. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->well before he went to work for Microsoft<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    at least he didn't steal Google's sekrits, who cares about altavista anyway <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    Me, I love altavista. One of the better search engines out there. I usually use that before I use google for most things because it gives clearer results. Google just gives a lot of results.
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Jul 11 2004, 01:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Jul 11 2004, 01:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Me, I love altavista. One of the better search engines out there. I usually use that before I use google for most things because it gives clearer results. Google just gives a lot of results. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Plus Altavista's media searches (Video, Audio, Image) are great. I use them regularly for schoolwork - where else can I type in a few keywords and find pictures of the canals in Holland?
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-JHunz+Jul 11 2004, 07:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (JHunz @ Jul 11 2004, 07:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Jul 11 2004, 02:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Jul 11 2004, 02:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's not like he was working at Microsoft while he did it. The reason he got hired is probably because he has those sort of skills.

    Edit: whoops. Speed reading for t3h win: He was working on MSN search. Uh...

    He sucks. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->well before he went to work for Microsoft<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'd wager the content of his HD was a definite perk in his interview at MS...
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  • JHunzJHunz Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8815Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Nemesis Zero+Jul 11 2004, 03:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ Jul 11 2004, 03:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-JHunz+Jul 11 2004, 07:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (JHunz @ Jul 11 2004, 07:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Jul 11 2004, 02:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Jul 11 2004, 02:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's not like he was working at Microsoft while he did it. The reason he got hired is probably because he has those sort of skills.

    Edit: whoops. Speed reading for t3h win: He was working on MSN search. Uh...

    He sucks. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->well before he went to work for Microsoft<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'd wager the content of his HD was a definite perk in his interview at MS... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well of course. But saying reading comprehension++ when you read it wrong is just asking for trouble
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  • StarchyStarchy Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15727Members, Constellation
    Yea I watched Antitrust about two years ago, what a film. :-D
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  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Dragon_Mech+Jul 11 2004, 03:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dragon_Mech @ Jul 11 2004, 03:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Jul 11 2004, 01:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Jul 11 2004, 01:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Me, I love altavista. One of the better search engines out there. I usually use that before I use google for most things because it gives clearer results. Google just gives a lot of results. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Plus Altavista's media searches (Video, Audio, Image) are great. I use them regularly for schoolwork - where else can I type in a few keywords and find pictures of the canals in Holland? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Schoolwork right *coughPORNcough*
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  • BloodySlothBloodySloth Join Date: 2003-08-27 Member: 20284Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Dragon_Mech+Jul 11 2004, 03:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dragon_Mech @ Jul 11 2004, 03:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> where else can I type in a few keywords and find pictures of the canals in Holland? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Google image search? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Jul 11 2004, 07:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Jul 11 2004, 07:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <a href='http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/181377_msftsearch09.html' target='_blank'>Story</a><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->A Kirkland man arrested last week on allegations that he stole proprietary technology from the AltaVista search engine two years ago is a Microsoft Corp. employee who has been working on the Redmond company's MSN Search initiative.

    Federal authorities allege that Laurent Chavet, a former AltaVista employee, illegally accessed the California company's computer system in March 2002 and June 2002, after he left AltaVista and well before he went to work for Microsoft. Chavet, then living in California, copied to his home computer source code that was used by AltaVista "to perform the function of scouring the World Wide Web," according to an FBI affidavit.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Anyone else seen <a href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/' target='_blank'>Antitrust</a>? heh. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    MonsE?
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-BloodySloth+Jul 11 2004, 04:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BloodySloth @ Jul 11 2004, 04:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Dragon_Mech+Jul 11 2004, 03:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dragon_Mech @ Jul 11 2004, 03:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> where else can I type in a few keywords and find pictures of the canals in Holland? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Google image search? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Back when I made the search in question, google <i>didn't have</i> an image search.

    Yeah, it was a while ago.
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  • BloodySlothBloodySloth Join Date: 2003-08-27 Member: 20284Members
    ohh ok, thought it was a semi-recent event you were talking about.
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  • AnarkiThreeXSixAnarkiThreeXSix x_x Join Date: 2003-12-31 Member: 24894Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Jul 11 2004, 02:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Jul 11 2004, 02:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Anyone else seen <a href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/' target='_blank'>Antitrust</a>? heh. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yeah thats a cool movie <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • SkySky Join Date: 2004-04-23 Member: 28131Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-OttoDestruct+Jul 11 2004, 03:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ Jul 11 2004, 03:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Dragon_Mech+Jul 11 2004, 03:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dragon_Mech @ Jul 11 2004, 03:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Jul 11 2004, 01:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Jul 11 2004, 01:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Me, I love altavista. One of the better search engines out there. I usually use that before I use google for most things because it gives clearer results. Google just gives a lot of results. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Plus Altavista's media searches (Video, Audio, Image) are great. I use them regularly for schoolwork - where else can I type in a few keywords and find pictures of the canals in Holland? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Schoolwork right *coughPORNcough* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    cue *shifty eyes*
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  • Jim_has_SkillzJim_has_Skillz Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12475Members, Constellation
    I don't understand how anyone uses anything but Google for searching.
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    easy, go to altavista.com and search for video or audio. Verry usefull... ahem...
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