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Re: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobigculprits


From: Corey Hart <chart () acad stedwards edu>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 11:31:56 -0600

To write flawed code is one thing.  To write code to expose flawed code
is another thing.  To write code to take advantage of the flawed code and
to cause damage to machines all over the world is a crime and the person
who wrote that should be brought to justice.

My 2 cents.


Eric Bowser wrote:

What about a bounty for the original engineer who wrote the flawed OS
components?

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 10:02, Vic Vandal wrote:
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.
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).

Maybe M$ should put out a bounty for reporting bugs in their
crappy software without going public instead.  That might be
more effective.

Peace,
Vic

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