Re: Web security breach changes the lives of 119 people

[Cory Foy <Cory.Foy () mobilehwy com>]

Ed Tracy @ Aspect Security wrote:
> Then let me ask you. If Harvard HAD done more...and the applicant tried 
> the url manipulation without any success, would that diminish their 
> culpability? No, I don't think so. They still tried to do something 
> wrong. Kinda like our attempted murder charge in the criminal justice 
> system.

Actually, I view it as someone walking through a parking lot trying car 
doors to see if they are unlocked. They know what they are doing is 
wrong, and if it is locked, well then no one will really know. If it 
isn't locked, then it doesn't seem as bad as actually breaking a window, 
because the opportunity is there, and the vehicle seems to be in the 
same shape as in when you left it.

I think paralleling this to an attempted murder charge might be a little 
harsh.

Cory