RE: Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked

[Steve Wray <steve.wray () paradise net nz>]

Will "Knowingly allowing a computer under your control 
to remain in an exploitable state" become a crime?
(if it isn't already...)

I am in two minds on whether it should or should not
:(


> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of 
> Paul Tinsley
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/10/10/hijacked.hacker.re
> ut/index.html
>
> "Caffrey is accused of triggering the paralyzing data blast 
> on a vital 
> computer server used to coordinate ship movements in the 
> Houston port -- 
> the sixth biggest shipping port in the world"
>
> Ok, so somebody explain to me why in the world this "vital computer 
> server" is on a public network?
>
> "He said his machine may have been taken over by another 
> individual or 
> group who then set the digital onslaught in motion. 'My computer was 
> completely and utterly vulnerable to many exploits'"
>
> If anybody needed more ammo to convince people that patching is 
> important this might be a good one to add to the stack, whether he is 
> lying or not I sure wouldn't want to try and defend that position...

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