Information Security News mailing list archives
Re: Secret hackers to aid war on internet fraud
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:24:36 -0500 (CDT)
Forwarded from: Harlan Carvey <keydet89 () yahoo com> Cc: bschnzl () cotse net
Two wrongs don't make a right! MasterCard should require an independent review, rather than breaking clients systems. Breaking a lock is breaking a lock, regardless of why it is done!
Come on! You've got to be kidding me, right? The only thing about this article that alludes to "'secret' hackers" is the title! Think about it...assume this is all a secret (just by the fact that it is now public makes it not secret) and the target organizations/SMEs don't know about it. If the MasterCard teams do get in...then the target SMEs can then pursue the attackers legally. Without some sort of prior agreement and authorization, in a contract, any such activities would be illegal. I think that only thing "secret" here is the names of the "hackers" themselves, and it looks to me as if the wrong impression about what's really going on has been formed. That's what tends to happen with too little information...assumptions fill the gaps. _________________________________________ ISN mailing list Sponsored by: OSVDB.org
Current thread:
- Secret hackers to aid war on internet fraud William Knowles (Apr 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Secret hackers to aid war on internet fraud InfoSec News (Apr 06)
- Re: Secret hackers to aid war on internet fraud InfoSec News (Apr 07)
- RE: Secret hackers to aid war on internet fraud InfoSec News (Apr 19)