Sandia 'Back-Hacker' Wins $4.3M Judgment Against Sandia Labs

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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What is old, is new again. :-)

Via FCW.com.

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Shawn Carpenter, who was fired by Sandia National Laboratories in January
2005 for conducting backhacking operations against intruders he discovered
on Sandia networks, won a $4.3 million wrongful discharge suit against the
labs today. Backhacking occurs when networks are attacked and someone on
the hacked network responds with a counterhack or attack.

Carpenter, who worked in Sandia’s computer security operations
organization, started detecting attacks against Sandia networks in 2002,
according to court records in the 2nd District Court of New Mexico.
Carpenter brought the attacks to the attention of Sandia and other
government agencies, including the Army Research Laboratory and the FBI.

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More:
http://www.fcw.com/article97661-02-13-07-Web

Background: "Titan Rain: The Invasion Of The Chinese"
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1098906,00.html

Enjoy.

- - ferg

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