Re: Man pleads `self defense' after hacking

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Forwarded by: Gary Meech <GMeech () wyndham com>

This is interesting...It's some of the things we said way back in the
SOC days.  I remember being at FW1 training and everyone was like "if
I'm hacked by you, you're going down!"  This is why I've always been
against it - protect yourself and if something happens call the cops
and let them handle it.  Taking the issue into your own hands makes
you no better than those your upset at and you might hurt innocents in
the way.

Gary


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Subject: [ISN] Man pleads `self defense' after hacking


http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2001/02/21/story/0000074560

Wednesday, February 21st, 2001
By Jou Ying-cheng
STAFF REPORTER

The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) yesterday referred to
prosecutors a computer engineer who allegedly hacked into a computer
server in what he called "self-defense."

The Hsinchu computer engineer, surnamed Fan (S), said he thought that
the other side attacked his computer first, while the truth was that
the other side was an innocent party which had been attacked by a
so-called Trojan horse program, a special type of computer virus, the
police said.

A man last year reported to the police that a Web site which teaches
magic and is run by him, had been hacked. He said some Web pages had
been altered and some registered users' access to the Web site
blocked.


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