Re: Default Admin Account

["M.D.Mufambisi" <mufambisi () gmail com>]

I do agree with scott. The young fellow did commit a crime. Curiosity
is not an excuse. However, having said that, someone at the military
should be held accountable for such poor security practice. Someone
did not do their job correctly considering the sensitive info the
military deal with. Whilst the young man should be charged for
unauthorised access to computer systems, someone at the military
security should be charged with negligence.

Regards,

Munyaradzi mufambisi

On 2/4/09, J.Hart, Elec.Eng.Tech. <starnetmaster () gmail com> wrote:
> That's exactly what I am trying to figure out - who is at fault and
> who should take ownership.  If it were a car and I left the keys in it
> and it was stolen, if the perpetrator was caught her would be charged,
> but my insurance company would not cover me cause I left the car in an
> unsecure state. So both take ownership - is it the same as in this
> situation?
>
> On 2/4/09, Scott C. Kennedy <sck () nogas org> wrote:
> > Why does it matter if there were "default administration account on the US
> > Military machines", it doesn't change the alleged fact that he accessed
> > computers & networks without permission.
> >
> > One's reason for breaking the law doesn't matter whether he was "motivated
> > by curiosity about evidence of UFOs" or not.
> >
> > If you broke into people's luggage at the airport, using the default
> > luggage combination set from the factory because you were motivated by
> > curiosity about evidence of Bigfoot. Would that make it any less of a
> > crime?
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > On Mon, February 2, 2009 8:48 am, J.Hart, Elec.Eng.Tech. wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I have been following the Gary McKinnon case for years now.
> > > My interest is in the legal area of penetration testing and the
> > > evolution of cyber law.
> > > What do IT Security experts and pen-testers think about the default
> > > administration account on the US Military machines? You can read about
> > > the case here http://freegary.org.uk/
> > >
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