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

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From: b.griffin at cqu.edu.au (Brad Griffin)
Subject: Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of  Sasser worm

 C'mon Larry, you and I know that your comments below were made purely
for flame value.

'He loosed an attack he had good reason to believe would do damage to
innumerable people...' 

You're a journalist...no, you're an *editor*. Your statement above is
far too general to be of any substance. Damage? To people? None that I
saw. I understand that Sasser annoyed the shit out of a whole mess of
sysadmins and security boffins, but I didn't see it damage anyone. 

Don't use the power of creative writing to cloud an issue Larry.
Businesses had to spend some more on overtime. Some businesses lost
money because they couldn't conduct business, but 'innumerable people'
damaged? Not likely.

If you honestly believe that this person should be in gaol for a long
time, then you'd best start lobbying for more prisons, because there are
plenty out there doing similar things in other fields that should be in
gaol too (according to your opinion).

Oh, one more thing, 

'loosed an attack'

You should be writing for the CNN Iraq team, not a computer security
section in eWeek.

Cheers,
Brad 

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Larry
Seltzer
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 3:29 AM
To: 'Barry Fitzgerald'
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Scandal: IT Security firm hires the
author of Sasser worm

>>He wrote a worm.  Big freaking deal.  

Yeah, very big freaking deal. He loosed an attack he had good reason to
believe would do damage to innumerable people all over the world. He
belongs in jail and for a long time, if only to send a message that such
behavior is wrong. 

And anyone who trusts him with their computers is an idiot.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer
larryseltzer@...fdavis.com 

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