cooper Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/weblogs/pmeun...es-law/post-38/ Just found this on Slashdot. Student approaches teacher with a vulnerability on a commercial website. Teacher reports to site, they fix it but get hacked shortly thereafter. In the following police investigation the teacher is a suspect and is asked (well, threatened might be the better word here) to reveal the name of the student that found the original vulnerability. Spooky stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mubix Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 That is why you email from an anonymous emailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 The point is more that it's ludicrous it's come to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mubix Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 The point is more that it's ludicrous it's come to this. Put yourself in the shoes of the company though. Think like them for a second and you'll understand why. If you systems get exploited, you turn over every stone to find out why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spektormax Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 dude, that like my school, I basicly handed then a list of all thier paswords cuz they used lm, which is retarded. I also showed then how I can just do a net user /ADD and htye gave me 3 days suspention, can you say fucken DDoS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameman733 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I have done similar things at my school (found vulnerbilitys in the network, etc.). Fortunately, it seemed that as long as you worked with the computer teachers on fixing the problem, you never found yourself in any trouble. Either that or my teachers liked me or something... *shrug*. Anyway, i feel bad for the guy. I understand that companys HAVE to do what they can, they just shouldnt be blaming anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seifist Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I think the best approach is to use their own poison against them. Find some flashy lawyer who wants to make his/her name "fighting against big bad corporations" then have your lawyer sue the shit out of that company for harrasment and get every newspaper, magazine, news talk show and radio talk show on your side in the process. Fuck em, enough people want to have it out for these big companies, mine as well use it in your favor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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