Tsunami 'hacker' Finds New Job In Security Scene
News When Daniel Cuthbert was convicted last month of gaining unauthorised access to a Tsunami fund-raising Web site, many people — including the trial judge — suspected his career in the IT industry was over.
[November 11, 2005, 12:45]
Man Charged In DEC Hacking Affair
News Daniel James Cuthbert, 28, of Whitechapel in East London has been charged with one offence under section one of the Computer Misuse Act following an unauthorised attempt to access the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Web site on New Year's Eve.
[February 11, 2005, 14:30]
Tsunami Appeal Site 'hacker' Found Guilty
News Earlier this year it was reported that Cuthbert had donated money to the Tsunami appeal using the text-only Lynx browser, which can appear to behave differently to other browsers from the server's point of view.
[October 6, 2005, 16:10]
Tsunami 'hacker' Conviction Worries Experts
News Instead, Judge Purdy found Cuthbert guilty, because he had initially lied to the police about what he had done; Cuthbert originally told the police one story and later changed it. On Thursday, Daniel Cuthbert, a computer security consultant from...
[October 7, 2005, 15:40]
Tsunami Web Site 'hacking' Trial Delayed
News Daniel James Cuthbert, 28, from Whitechapel in East London has been charged with one offence under section one of the Computer Misuse Act following what police called an "unauthorised" attempt to access the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Web...
[May 18, 2005, 11:30]
Tsunami 'hacker' Is Innocent, Say Readers
News Daniel Cuthbert from London was found guilty of breaching Section Cuthbert, who at the time of his arrest was employed by ABN Amro to carry out security testing, pleaded not guilty to the charge. An application for damages from the plaintiffs was...
[October 10, 2005, 16:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog That's one of the lessons from today's rather chilling denouement to the sad business of Dan Cuthbert, who was found guilty of breaching the Computer Misuse Act and attempting to get access to a Web site set up to accept payment for the tsunami...
[October 7, 2005, 19:30]
The CMA Is An Ass
Leader At the same time we have the case of Daniel Cuthbert, who was convicted last month under the CMA for what he credibly said was an attempt to ensure that a Tsunami appeal site was genuine. Nobody involved in the case appeared to believe that...
[November 3, 2005, 13:20]
Tsunami 'hacker' Conviction Worries Experts
Talkback Cuthbert's excuse would have been more believable if it had been his first answer. What is it that people here don't get? When I was a kid I always got in more trouble for lying about my transgressions than I did if I came clean and admitted what I...
[October 18, 2005, 7:10]
Tsunami 'hacker' Is Innocent, Say Readers
Talkback Cuthbert changed his story during the proceedings. This is like a house breaker accidentally setting off an alarm then stopping what he was doing and providing a lame excuse when the police arrived. Presumably on the advice of his lawyers.
[October 18, 2005, 6:44]
Tsunami Appeal Site 'hacker' Found Guilty
Talkback If you therefore truly believe Daniel Cuthbert to be guility you would be a hypocrite if you continued to access the world wide web. Evil Wizard, what you say is true only if the server was misconfigured.
[October 14, 2005, 18:23]
Tsunami 'hacker' Is Innocent, Say Readers
Talkback But another reader argued that Cuthbert's actions were like "walking around trying everyone's front doors and car doors to see which ones are locked.You wouldn't do that, would you? I not a security speaclist, or judge.
[October 14, 2005, 13:13]
Tsunami Appeal Site 'hacker' Found Guilty
Talkback Cuthbert's premise of accessing the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Web site was based on his intent to ascertain that he has not been conned, there has been cases of port re-direction on websites in which case the victim is not protected...
[October 14, 2005, 12:01]
Tsunami Appeal Site 'hacker' Found Guilty
Talkback Ok first off the analogy that what Cuthbert did is like wiggling door knobs to see if door knobs are open is total crap. A more appropriate analogy would be he was trying to open doors with a lockpick set, which would be a crime.
[October 14, 2005, 16:09]
Tsunami 'hacker' Conviction Worries Experts
Talkback "Instead, Judge Purdy found Cuthbert guilty, because he had initially lied to the police about what he had done" That's called perjury! So now anyone who changes their story is now guilty of whatever trial they're in.
[October 7, 2005, 20:03]
