Appeal in bug disclosure case

Appeal in bug disclosure case
Deborah Radcliff, SecurityFocus 2003-08-07

Bret McDanel already served his 16 months in federal prison for violating the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Now he wants to clear his record.

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Appeal in bug disclosure case 2003-08-08
Anonymous

Bret, all power to you ssq!...

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Appeal in bug disclosure case 2003-08-10
morning_wood (4 replies)

This is a clear case of an ex-employee retalitating against his former employer.

This is the core basis of the case, not bug disclosure. Had he not sent the emails to the SERVER OF HIS FORMER EMPLOYER there would not be the case courts in this matter.

Please do not confuse the real issue / law at ...

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Appeal in bug disclosure case 2003-08-11
Anonymous

If you read the brief the prosecutor said that had he said "Have a nice day" or "Tornado is great" there wouldnt have been a case. The prosecutor himself said this was over content.

The trial had nothing to do with retaliation (nor did the sending of this advisory out, 8 months after quitting th...

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Appeal in bug disclosure case 2003-08-12
Smokey

I looked into some of the exhibits filed in the appeal, one caught my eye. exhibit 27, page 383. Transcripts from Mr. Matz (prosecutor) trying to define the statute (it was poorly written and this is not the first case to argue what it means, pesky dangling participle at the end).

Mr. Matz posi...

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Appeal in bug disclosure case 2003-08-12
FunkyMunky

I think you are wrong. The prosecutor (Ms. Johnston) said "The other way the defendant can cause impairment which is cognizable is that there must be an impairment to the integrity of the data or a program or the system or even to information. Pursuant to the Shugart case which I think the Court h...

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Appeal in bug disclosure case 2003-08-18
Rat_Catcher

I must somewhat disagree with my esteemed colleague's opinion. While, yes, I would say there would be some no small satisfaction in 'throwing egg in the face' of a former employer, I feel he was acting in the greater good of advising these customers of a viable security flaw within a system. The fa...

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Appeal in bug disclosure case 2003-08-11
wormser

Page 32 of the amended brief[1] starting at line 4

The conviction is based on the content of McDanel's messages. Prosecutor Matz argued that McDanel violated the law by sending emails stating that, "Tornados's security is broken" rather than, "have a nice day." (Matz, Tr. 6/21/02, p. 11-12; ER 2...

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Appeal in bug disclosure case 2003-08-11
Anonymous

More and more security professionals are going to shy away from reporting bugs. I seriously doubt that the hackers will report them either....

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Appeal in bug disclosure case 2003-08-20
Anonymous

I just read the brief. Looks like a serious case of railroading. That's probably what a defendant can pretty much expect in court nowadays.

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