Hacker deletes own hard drive

Hacker deletes own hard drive This has to be the silliest story I've read in sometime. Are there hackers out there who don't know that 127.0.0.1 is the self-referencing IP address for your own machine? Most probably, this was some kid who just got hold of some hacker tool off some website, and then tried to use it incorrectly. Alternatively, it could be a hoax where the person was messing with the moderator. Personally, I'm inclined to believe the latter explanation. Read more about it here which is a half-decent translation of the german chat transcript. Make whatever you want to make out of it.