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Re: Secret Service Agent: Hackers Are Unpatriotic
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 04:57:27 -0500 (CDT)
Forwarded from: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
http://www.crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=35894 By Marcia Savage, CRN San Francisco 2:42 PM EST Tues., June 18, 2002 A special agent with the Secret Service's electronic-crimes branch said hackers are unpatriotic. In a keynote here Tuesday at the Computer Security Institute's NetSec conference, John Frazzini said the lines between criminal acts and acts of war are increasingly blurring since the September terrorist attacks. "Hackers who brag that they can break into computer systems are unpatriotic," he said. "If you're a U.S. citizen breaking into computer networks, it's not only criminal but unpatriotic."
Ok to be fair.. If you are a US citizen stealing gas from your local station .. If you are a US citizen stealing office supplies .. If you are a US citizen breaking traffic laws .. .. you are not only criminal, but unpatriotic. Why does petty computer crime thrust you into an "unpatriotic" category and other crimes don't? - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo () attrition org with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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