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RE: [Full-Disclosure] Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked
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- Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked
- From: Steve Wray <steve.wray@paradise.net.nz>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:15:20 +1300
Will "Knowingly allowing a computer under your control
to remain in an exploitable state" become a crime?
(if it isn't already...)
I am in two minds on whether it should or should not
:(
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@lists.netsys.com] On Behalf Of
> Paul Tinsley
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/10/10/hijacked.hacker.re
> ut/index.html
>
> "Caffrey is accused of triggering the paralyzing data blast
> on a vital
> computer server used to coordinate ship movements in the
> Houston port --
> the sixth biggest shipping port in the world"
>
> Ok, so somebody explain to me why in the world this "vital computer
> server" is on a public network?
>
> "He said his machine may have been taken over by another
> individual or
> group who then set the digital onslaught in motion. 'My computer was
> completely and utterly vulnerable to many exploits'"
>
> If anybody needed more ammo to convince people that patching is
> important this might be a good one to add to the stack, whether he is
> lying or not I sure wouldn't want to try and defend that position...
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