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Tim Mullen, 2004-05-17

The arrest of Sasser's author proves bounties work to catch cyber vandals. Now, if the security industry would just stop egging them on ...

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Success, or Illusion? 2004-05-17
Matthew Murphy (1 replies)
Success, or Illusion? 2004-05-19
Mene Tekel
Busted yeah...you are 2004-05-17
Anonymous
Busted 2004-05-18
Anonymous (1 replies)
Busted 2004-05-19
Anonymous (2 replies)
Busted 2004-05-20
Anonymous
Busted 2004-05-21
Anonymous
"The bounty program is working." 2004-05-18
Penguinisto
Fahrenheit 911 2004-05-19
Wim Remes
Is the US' war on terrorism flawed (we all know it is ...) because they put a multi-million bounty on OBL's head ? No ! It is flawed because they've always put money before the well-being of people in common on the well-being of US citizens in particular. There are some frightening parallels to draw between the US and Microsoft, that's true.

If any company can offer a reward for people that turn in those job-destroying,
all-for-infamy, probably still bed-wetting juveniles: Go for it. As far as it concerns Microsoft, let it be part of a company-wide, horizontal and vertical reorganization in the name of Security!


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