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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
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Anonymous (1 replies)
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Anonymous (2 replies)
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Anonymous
"The bounty program is working." 2004-05-18
Penguinisto
Fahrenheit 911 2004-05-19
Wim Remes
Proof? 2004-05-19
Anonymous
*YAWN* 2004-05-19
Rip van Winkle
Consequence for a reward system 2004-05-20
Anonymous
Busted 2004-05-21
D3@7i0
"and, perversely, the security industry's own PR mechanisms may be providing the score board for this game of one-upsmanship."
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I know that's true. For example, has anyone seen www.sarc.com. Come on, their are many sites like these that sensationalize it all just to sell products. I work for an indirect part of the above mentioned, by website, company. I think the corporations are hiring people to hack and write code. They can spy on each other this way. If I can use a DOS attack to bring down a competitors site while I'm offering a big sale on my companies. Why not as long as no one is the wiser. Although, I've been called paranoid before.


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