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Re: BBC cybercrime probe backfires


From: "Castigliola, Angelo" <ACastigliola () UNUM COM>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:00:31 -0400

Very unorthodox and unethical. 

 

Angelo Castigliola III
EISRM - Application Security Architecture

Unum

acastigliola () unum com

 

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[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of James
Matthews
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:10 AM
To: Ivan .
Cc: full-disclosure
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] BBC cybercrime probe backfires

 

I agree! Why can't another people hack into computers to show.... This
is such BS and the BBC should be hit hard by what they did.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Ivan . <ivanhec () gmail com> wrote:
The BBC hacked into 22,000 computers as part of an investigation into
cybercrime but the move quickly backfired, with legal experts claiming
the broadcaster broke the law and security gurus saying the experiment
went too far.


http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/security/bbc-cybercrime-probe-back
fires/2009/03/13/1236447465056.html

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