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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? 2004-05-19
Mene Tekel
Another reason why bounties are often bad, is that they increase the false positive rate, and can be abused. When there's no penalties for false reports, it's tempting to report anyone you think might be suspicious -- even if 99% of those you report are innocent of what you report them for, a $250k...

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