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RE: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits
From: "Robert Davies" <phantasm () textbox net>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:35:08 -0500
-----Original Message----- From: Vic Vandal [mailto:vvandal () well com] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:03 AM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [Full-disclosure] M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits M$ is offering $250K for info leading to the arrest of those who released Blaster and/or Sobig. See the details here: http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5102110.html?tag=nefd_top One outcome of this will be severely limiting bragging about pulling off such sploits.
Forget about limiting the bragging rights, but it will also limit the research and release of information to get these flaws fixed... Granted its not like its already limited by the DMCA or anything... bleh
And one would think those actually guilty should be real busy right now erasing any/all evidence (that they didn't take care of long ago).
I am sure if I was in any of the shoes of the guily I would be on a computer melting frenzy about now.
Maybe M$ should put out a bounty for reporting bugs in their crappy software without going public instead. That might be more effective.
Effective, yes, but I would not believe MS willing to pay people to hear about how crappy they coded x, y and z service. I really think MS needs to put a bounty on the fool that wrote the shitty code leaving the effected parts of the OS so wide open in the first place.
Peace, Vic
Later, Phantasm
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Current thread:
- M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Vic Vandal (Nov 05)
- RE: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Robert Davies (Nov 05)
- Re: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Dave Howe (Nov 05)
- Re: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Dan Wilder (Nov 05)
- Re: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Eric Bowser (Nov 05)
- Re: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Patrick Dolan (Nov 05)
- Re: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobigculprits Corey Hart (Nov 05)
- Re: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobigculprits Eric Bowser (Nov 05)
- Re: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Scott Taylor (Nov 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Jerry Heidtke (Nov 05)
- RE: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Vic Vandal (Nov 05)
- RE: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits Robert Davies (Nov 05)