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Re: The Tsunami “Hacker” Story

Michael S Black — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:46:52 -0000

Bad form, Yeah...conviction worthy...I don't really know if I would agree with that..Will it make me be on my toes from now on, even more so that I am already...DEFINITELY

Re: The Tsunami “Hacker” Story

Ken — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:41:14 -0000

It is very difficult to define morality. Most laws are/or should be based off of intent. What this guys did that was major wrong was lie. As an information security professional he should have told the truth right away.

Re: The Tsunami “Hacker” Story

danielrm26 — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:13:17 -0000

If you read into it, though, Michael, the issue was deception rather than the act itself. He lied about what he did for quite a bit and then recanted later. Bad form.

Not sure it deserves what he got, but still...bad form.

Re: The Tsunami “Hacker” Story

Michael S Black — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:54:46 -0000

If you can get this kind of sentence for simply adding "../../../" to a URL, why oh WHY do we still have script kiddies??!! I do this all the time at work when I am investigating sites that "appear" to be phishing sites trying to look my companies online portal, does this mean I can no longer do this if they reside in the UK? I can't do any investigative work in trying to determine whether they are ripping our customers off? I suppose I then must contact LEO and ask some officer to do this. What kind of priority can I expect the UK Law Enforcement Community to give my "possible" phish site? I think the implications of this ruling are WAY MORE imperative to pay attention to than the individual repercussions of Mr. Cuthbert, as sad as they may be.

Re: The Tsunami “Hacker” Story

Tim — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:20:12 -0000

Lots of people are behind bars because they did something stupid.

Honestly I think stupity is no less evil than immorality or malice.