From: mailing lists (bofn@irq.org)
Date: Thu Oct 05 2006 - 04:06:36 EDT
Ps.
we have had contact with the police a few times after some reactive_aggressive had
reported a "hackers attack" to them.
but after showing the law enforcers what really happened and how with prove, they every
time reached the same conclusion with something like "So, they have wasted our time by
screaming Wolf!, when you guys only did your friendly neighbour duty by telling them they
didn't lock their car door, and did not take anything from it"
and then the police phoned the complainers with the message, please stop wasting our
time, we have closed the file.
slight difference with your case, is that we do not actively go out to find sites and try
attacks on them, we some times notice flaws when following a path from a paying clients
who ask us to look at the information sources they are using.
but i think there is nothing bad about walking over a parking space and putting notes
under windshield-wipers of every car that has unlocked doors.
just because most people don't care about their living environment, doesn't mean that the
few friendly neighbours that still have the guts to stand for doing the right thing
should be persecuted by those who stand for nothing other then making a few quick bucks.
so ;) keep up the good work!
there are way too many servers 'leaking' privacy sensitive information, and the people
who's information is leaked are the real victims, not the rich companies who are
responsible for leaking it by neglect.
Cheers,
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> Has anyone else gone through a similar situation? Was the company
> receptive? Other companies I've contacted in the past have been quite
> receptive - I'm just curious if other people have gone through this as
> well.
>
> No need to fill the list with this, you can email me directly with your
> inputs and stories.
>
> --
> Joe McCray
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