POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : White hat? Black Hat? : Re: White hat? Black Hat? Server Time
10 Oct 2024 08:19:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: White hat? Black Hat?  
From: Warp
Date: 15 Sep 2008 17:53:52
Message: <48ced970@news.povray.org>
scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> >  No, he spotted a technical security flaw in the computer system, and
> > pointed it out so that it could be fixed,

> But his mistake was to go several steps further, and actually "demonstrate" 
> the security floor by installing keyloggers and magnetic card readers, then 
> accessing 32 different student accounts illegally and sending his findings 
> to 37 of his mates.  Had he just written the document and sent it to the 
> university, fine.

  Yes, that caused tons of expensive damage, so he must be punished. That
will teach him to never tell about his hacking again. Next time he will
just hack and don't tell anyone. That way everybody will be happy.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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