RE: Student arrested for allegedly hacking university computers to derail election

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: "Blair, Paul" <PaulBlair () westhillscollege com>

> ``I think he made his point, but you might say he went about it in
> the wrong way,'' Duran said. ``An e-mail to the webmaster might have
> sufficed.''

If this guy made no attempt to contact the people in charge of
whatever system he compromised, then more power to the people who are
punishing him.  Unfortunately, many times kids like this try and do
the right thing, only to be ignored by sysadmins, and their oversized
egos.

In the very early stages of my short I.T. career, I ran into the same
type of situation over and over again where I work. I would find an
obvious security hole in a critical system, complain, and get at best,
an apathetic response from whomever was in charge of the system. In
the end, nothing would ever get done until I myself was put in charge
of whatever system I was complaining about.

Now, I find myself in the position of sysadmin. Hopefully I'll be able
keep my ego in check if ever an outsider reports a vulnerability in
one of our systems.

Paul Blair
I.T. Monkey



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