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Story: Would you hire a hacker?

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Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 22 September 2004, 6:13 PM)

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Hiring a hacker is like paying ransom to a kidnapper... you are rewarding the very behaviour you seek to diminish.

But then again, why would anti-virus companies want to diminish the growing number of exploits. It is in their self-interest to actively encourage virus writers... including rewarding them with lucrative job offers.

Perhaps I could get a job protecting a Bank, by first robbing it. If the banks adopted the same mentality, we shouldn't be suprised if robbery was a daily occurance.

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