Story: Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
Go to any security professional and they should tell you that whenever you want to undertake any sort of "testing" of this sort, then you MUST, I repeat MUST, get signed agreement from the management or you are in very dodgy territory. That is what happened here - he didn't.
He then lied to police - bad move - who knows, it may not even have got to court if he had told the truth from the start.
I have some sympathy, but I'm afraid he made two mistakes that have cost him dearly.
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Story: Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
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Wow. Getting responses from ports on a network com... richard -
if there is a building and the front door is... spacelab10000 -
No, it's like walking around trying everyone'... Anonymous -
"The only reason he did this is because he thought... Anonymous -
The first person talks about connecting on co... Evil Wizard -
As a programmer (not just another web surfer) I wo... Anonymous -
I'm sorry if we offended the programmer -- wh... Matt Loney -
He claims he was scared that the site was a phishi... Anonymous -
If you'd like to tell the judge what you think of... Anonymous -
Go to any security professional and they shou... Anonymous -
Read the UK law, did he attempt to penet... Anonymous -
I understand that what he did broke... Anonymous -
Going totally against the flow... John Airey -
Ok first off the analogy that... Evil Wizard -
Evil Wizard, what you say is t... John Airey -
John I dont believe in this ca... Evil Wizard -
Evil Wizard, if you can't beli... John Airey -
There is an obvious breach of the Computer Misuse... Alex Pinheiro -
Well if this is now a crime, then come get me righ... Anonymous

