Johansen, Jon Lech

Johansen, Jon Lech definition - hacker
A Norwegian cracker famous for designing software that could crack the encryption of DVDs. He resurfaced during August 2004, making media headlines when he cracked Apple Computer, Inc.Â’s wireless music streaming technology and then released on his Website a key for decoding the encryption used for the AirPort Express streaming media device. His blog can be found at http://www.nanocrew.net/blog/.

See Also: Blog; Encryption or Encipher; Key; Wireless.

In Brief. Hacker Cracks Apple. The Globe and Mail, August 12, 2004, p. B7.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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