Advertisement
Promo

Security threats Toolkit

Story: Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty

  • Previous comment

Posted by: Anonymous (Monday 10 October 2005, 10:34 AM)

  • Reply

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.

  • Previous comment

  • Reply to this comment
  • Return to story
  • Report this as offensive


Full Talkback thread

Sentry Posts Blog

Authentication risks all too human

Risks to successful online banking identification and authentication using smartcards involve a mixture of human and technological factors, according to the European Network and Information... More

1 comment

Opera censors Chinese content

Opera has updated the Chinese version of its mobile browser to stop users accessing restricted content. Opera Mini was updated on Friday from an international to a Chinese version,... More

2 comments

Symantec website breached

Security company Symantec has said that one of its websites was successfully breached. Romanian security researcher 'Unu' posted details of the breach in a blog post on Monday. Unu... More

Post a comment


Skip Sub Navigation Links to CNET Brand Links

Help

Become part of the ZDNet community.

Newsletters