Microsoft hack wasn't espionage

Microsoft hack wasn't espionage
Kevin Mitnick, special to SecurityFocus 2000-11-05

There are many reasons for a villain to crack Microsoft's network... Industrial espionage just isn't one of them.

not all kids trade their cards ... 2000-11-06
bacano

I beleave that MS and 'his' hacker had one thing in common, they dont like to reveal their secrets.

Not all hackers like to trade their secrets, the ones that trade source code like teenagers trade baseball cards, are not hackers in the most purist way. In my point of view, they are not hackers at ...

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Thank you 2000-11-06
UNIXGEEK

Your article really gave me an awesome chuckle. I needed this thanks, not regarding the content every thing was really professional. However the irony, just knocked me off my chair. I would really like to see more articles written by Kevin M. ...

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Open Source & having commercial code ? 2000-11-07
alex

is there any comment on it ?...

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Mitnick's Money Grab 2000-11-08
ITGuy (2 replies)

Mitnick has nothing substantial to offer the Information Security community. Because a hacker has been jailed for breaking computer laws, does not mean his opinions on computer security are valid!

I hope that the media's infatuation with Mitnick is just a fad and is short-lived so we can get b...

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Opinions 2000-11-16
Minoo

"...does not mean his opinions on computer security are valid!"

Please point me to some of his "invalid" opininions!

I find Mr. Mitnick's articles relevant and helpful. He is in a great position to raise necessary red flags about corporate security. Though many of us already grock the inhere...

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Mitnick's Money Grab 2000-11-17
Nakerchoss

Mitnick has an aweful lot to offer the IT security community. As an IT Security Consultant myself, I can say that Mitnick is more knowledgeable than many Consultants and the piece he has written for securityfocus is much better informed than the crap I read in the FT. So please be a little more open...

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Whether it's from Mitnick, Poulson, or "Time", it's still the media 2000-11-09
H Carvey <keydet89 (at) yahoo (dot) com [email concealed]>

The first thing that struck me about Mr. Mitnick's article was the prolific use of "possibly", "probably", "maybe", and "might have"...only to have him sum it up by saying only Microsoft and the "hacker" know what really happened. The last thing we (the public, as well as the security community) ne...

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Source code isn't even a issue compared to... 2000-11-10
Jim

Source code? Bah! The source code to Windows or Office can't possibly be all that interesting of a read. If the hacker had managed to put a backdoor in the MS "official" code tree, now that's something.

The real problem is if Microsoft's private keys were compromised......

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UnixGeek's Thank you 2000-11-10
zzflop

I agree with UnixGeek. It is a very ironic article coming from Kevin Mitnick, however I see the point of view of Kevin and we will all hopefully see this point of view more in the future....

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cool article 2000-11-14
sheebz (1 replies)

Thanks,

It's a nice change of pace. I hope to see more articles written by Kevin. ...

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cool article 2000-11-15
arex

Say, Kevin didn't type this on a computer did he?...

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