RE: Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of Sasser worm

[Bart.Lansing () kohls com]

Todd...what on earth makes you think they did not?  This is not new 
behavior...at all.  The practice has been going on for years, long before 
PCs/Internet.  Face it, people who can break security are valuable to 
those trying to create it.

full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com wrote on 09/20/2004 09:38:07 AM:

> Well, thank god the phone compaines didn't do this type of action back
> in the day. Blueboxing anyone? 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of bb
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 5:32 AM
> To: Feher Tamas; full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Scandal: IT Security firm hires the
> author of Sasser worm
>
> If he has fulfilled all the obligation of his sentence, whats wrong with
> him being allowed to seek gainful employment that plays to his skills?
>
> Second chance anyone? Being allowed to learn from his mistakes?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Feher Tamas" <etomcat () freemail hu>
> To: <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 10:21 AM
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of
> Sasser worm
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > The german IT security company "Securepoint" has hired Sven
> > Jaschan, who wrote and spread the Sasser Internet worm,
> > which caused widespread and costly damages to legions of
> > Windows computers.
> >
> > He will work as a developer for security softwares such as
> > firewalls.
> >
> > This is a scandal! Whether or not you like the 250k USD
> > head-hunting bounty which Microsoft Corp. paid to have Mr.
> > Jaschan nailed, he is still a criminal.  Hiring him is a
> > taboo. It is totally unacceptable to picture him as a modern
> > age Robin Hood or freedom fighter. He is a criminal, similar
> > to an arsonist, who sets a house alight and the fire spreads
> > to an entire city.
> >
> > I urge all to boycott the Securepoint and I urge those who
> > suffered losses due to the Sasser worm to sue Securepoint
> > and seek damages. VXing must end and we must send a strong
> > message to teenagers that cracking is not hacking and will
> > not be tolerated.
> >
> > Securepoint website:
> > http://www.securepoint.cc/
> >
> > Info about Sven Jaschan's hiring:
> > http://www.f-secure.com/weblog#00000296
> >
> > Sincerely: Tamas Feher from Hungary.
> >
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