'T0rn' Arrest Alarms White Hats, Advocates

'T0rn' Arrest Alarms White Hats, Advocates
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-09-24

A raid on the alleged author of a well-known hacker toolkit is raising eyebrows among electronic civil libertarians, and putting security researchers on guard.

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Its a slipery sloap 2002-09-26
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more on 'T0rn' Arrest Alarms White Hats, Advocates - making situation "absurdum" 2002-09-30
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its ME!

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pingpong

Then they should also arrest Smith, Wesson, Kalaschnikow 2002-09-28
Anonymous (2 replies)

Then they should also arrest Smith, Wesson, Kalaschnikow 2002-10-01
Mamaw (1 replies)

Then they should also arrest Smith, Wesson, Kalaschnikow 2002-10-02
paleh0rse

How about the teacher who first taught him to program or laid his foundation for understanding memory addressing and kernel modding? Or perhaps the KIDS on irc who are simply bored and helped code one of the kernel modules for the fun of it? Or the folks like myself who code exploits for research and professional purposes?

"arrest all his friends"..???! you are one lost soul...wow.

I'd rather hire him and put him to work "legitimately." Doing what, you ask? Creating T0rnkit v2.0, THAT'S WHAT! It's alright code in my book, and useful too. I'd half expect SY to arrest me after I use it in a pentest against a london client... would THAT make sense?!

uhg, god help us all...

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RE: Then they should also arrest Smith, Wesson, Kalaschnikow 2002-10-01
Dexter Eldritch

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SaltyNetguru

He hasn't been charged yet .... 2002-09-30
Anonymous (1 replies)

He hasn't been charged yet .... 2002-10-03
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In the end, what it comes down to.. 2002-10-02
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Gun comparisons missing the point 2002-10-03
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