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Re: Consulting Question
From: me () privacy net
Date: 9 May 2007 15:16:39 -0000
Gurilla marketing will not win you any friends, either in the community or the profession. If you come off with merely a whiff of "hire me or the info goes public", you will be black-balled in the security realm forever. Just that you asked the question in the manner that you have indicates to me a profound lack of maturity and understanding of both the business world and the core ethics required of the security profession. That said, give them every detail of the vulnerability (and you better have a good excuse as to why you have this information to begin with). Offer to help them. If they refuse, just be happy they don't have you arrested. Better yet, destroy all the information you have and pretend you didn't do vulnerability testing without the client's permission. To illustrate why this was stupid: Imagine that the organization experiences a breach. They check logs and other forensic evidence. Your activity is all over it. You go to jail and now have to prove you are merely stupid and not criminal. Understand now?
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