full-disclosure - Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked

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Message-ID: <19B3C2E2-FCDC-11D7-80A3-000A95864792@joshie.com>
From: jlevitsk at joshie.com (Joshua Levitsky)
Subject: Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked

On Oct 12, 2003, at 5:15 AM, Steve Wray wrote:

> Will "Knowingly allowing a computer under your control
> to remain in an exploitable state" become a crime?
> (if it isn't already...)

If you never get your brakes inspected, and one day you crash in to 
someone and kill them because your brakes fail. Is it your fault for 
not ever getting your brakes checked? Or should the blame lie with the 
brakes that wore themselves down and never fixed themselves on their 
own?

When you drive a car you have maintenance responsibilities. Somehow 
with computers people don't come to the same conclusion.

--
Joshua Levitsky, CISSP, MCSE
System Engineer
AOL Time Warner
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