full-disclosure - Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of Sasser worm

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From: jonathan at xcorps.net (Jonathan Rickman)
Subject: Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of Sasser worm

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of 
> Nick Jacobsen
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 10:11 AM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Scandal: IT Security firm 
> hires the author of Sasser worm
> 
> Does it not strike anyone that there is a disturbing trend in 
> malicious hackers (yes, yes, I know, they are not hackers if 
> they are malicious, so call em whatever you want) getting 
> hired to security firms, mainly because the "hacker" gets 
> media attention?  It is honestly like we are declaring to the 
> world that the best way to get a good paying job in the 
> computer security field is to perform some major attack - and 
> get caught for it - and then after serving a short sentace, 
> start applying for jobs.  I know lots of young people, myself 
> included, that could make headlines by performing some act or 
> another of a sensational nature, and all that stops us is our 
> own sense of ethics - but those ethics get harder and harder 
> to hold as we earn a pittance doing your standard boring days 
> work, while some other guy is out there essentially (in my 
> mind) having fun doing some detrimental to society, and then 
> getting hired at a substantial salary, as a reward.
> This may sound like a rant, and it probably is, but that 
> makes my point no less accurate.
> Responses anyone?

Do you honestly expect any right thinking person to disagree? This practice
is literally no different than a local police force hiring convicted felons
on as officers because they "have a deep understanding of the criminal
mind." 

--
Jonathan