Security pros savage Tsunami hacker verdict

Security pros savage Tsunami hacker verdict
John Oates, The Register 2005-10-11

Last week Daniel Cuthbert was convicted of breaking the Computer Misuse Act, fined £400, and ordered to pay £600 in costs. As an IT security consultant, it will be a long time before Cuthbert's reputation is restored and it is possible he will never work in the industry again.

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Security pros savage Tsunami hacker verdict 2005-10-11
Anonymous

Is traversing up three directories always an attempt to take control of the site? It seems to me that it could just as legitimately be an attempt to find out more information (which is consistent with Daniel?s story).

Manipulating the URL is a very common, and as far as I know legitimate, tech...

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Security pros savage Tsunami hacker verdict 2005-10-11
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Security pros savage Tsunami hacker verdict 2005-10-12
Ice Cold

it is pure PR action of the police, nothing more. they cant find a real terrorists, but they can catch him. it is sad....

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Anonymous

This sort of thing simply beggars belief.

Absolutely absurd and dim witted in the extreme.

It's hard to even make a sensible comment about the whole affair....

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Anonymous

I would personally go to virtually any means to avoid doing any business with the company who initially pressed for charges to be filed. If they were not pressing for police action, after getting the details, then I doubt the police would have brought any charges once the fact became clear....

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Anonymous

This seriously has to be the most insaine issue I have ever heard!

Does this mean if I go to Microsoft.com and put in some little dots and a backslash I could lose my job, my career, pay numerous fines and go to jail!?

The guy did not even gain access... what is funny to me is that the IDS ad...

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Anonymous (3 replies)

Interesting case. Seemed that individual's "right" is forsaken in the name of business profit. Given the number of publicized database breaches of recent, and that the consumer are left to their own devices after the fact. Can anyone be assured that businesses are in fact doing what they can to p...

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Anonymous

Certainly not! All those breaches speak for the miserable level of security these corporations employ..likewise for the phishing scams and people's level of awareness.

This case is totally ridiculous, unfortunately actioned by pathetic ignorents who don't grasp technology and are not qualified t...

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Re: Security pros savage Tsunami hacker verdict 2005-10-13
Anonymous Dude

Wasn't this a charity? I think everyone should consider this a shot across the bow. If you are a white-hat you better use a Starbucks.

The Bobbies have lost their minds.

BH

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Anonymous

Pathetic, someone had pointed out abt going to ms page and manipulating it. And another valid point to be considered is he did not gain access.

Police better keep their head intact or ... they will become beggars shortly....

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Anonymous

Lessons to be learned from this: 1) don't try to defend yourself - hire a lawyer, 2) always get permission to test regardless of how innocuous it may seem, 3) if you are going to ignore #2, don't leave a calling card (or a donation), and 4) don't trust a site to begin with if followed a banner adve...

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Anonymous

Good to know that the police in the UK are so willing to pursue these 'hacking' attempts. I'll be sending the hundreds of directory traversal attempts I see every week on my IDS to them for investigation and prosecution.

Seriously, I'm convinced that in this case, and probably many others, the...

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SyS64738

Dear everybody, the scandal is not in the fact that the UK police prosecuted that guy, after all if the UK set of laws is lame and allows bored police officials (maybe looking for press attention) to prosecute people upon non-substatial facts, you can't complain too much. This is more a problem for...

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Anonymous

What a waste of time, money and resources! If the company is trying to set an example, this is not the way! Im sure this will damage relations between law enforcement and the IT security community! I for one would not conduct business with them!...

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He's working for Corsaire now!!! 2006-04-28
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