Ex-Anon: Good liars undermine information security

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.cso.com.au/article/399150/ex-anon_good_liars_undermine_information_security/

By Liam Tung
CSO Online (Australia)
31 August, 2011

Self-exiled, gun-loving ex-Anon, who goes by the name SparkyBlaze on Twitter, 
claims that skilled liars are the number one concern for information security.

“We have the software/hardware to defend buffer overflows, malware, DDoS and 
code execution. But what good is that if you can get someone to give you their 
password or turn off the firewall because you say you are Greg from computer 
maintenance just doing testing?” SparkyBlaze told networking giant Cisco on 
Wednesday.

“It all comes down to lies, everyone does it and some people get good at it.”

The self-described hacker recently severed ties with Anonymous over its 
supporters’ practice of killing “innocent peoples” anonymity when they leaked 
San Francisco transport user details, supposedly in support of the transport 
system's users.

“AntiSec Has Released Gig After Gig Of Innocent Peoples Information. For What? 
What Did They Do? Does Anon Have The Right To Remove The Anonymity Of Innocent 
People? They Are Always Talking About Peoples Right To Remain Anonymous So Why 
Are They Removing That Right?”, SparkyBlaze declared in a post on PasteBin this 
month.

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