Re:"White hat" Facebook hacker gets 8 months in jail
by nbpoole on Friday February 17, 2012 @06:16PM
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I've participated in the program as well (and I'm going to be interning with Facebook's Security team this summer). This incident doesn't worry me personally and I hope it doesn't worry anybody else. But if you want clarity, I think arice's comment sums up this particular situation very well:
> His attempt to access data was outside our whitehat guidelines, had clear malicious intent, and included extensive and destructive efforts to remain undiscovered and anonymous. In addition, he made no effort to contact Facebook with his discoveries, and even denied involvement when initially questioned. His attempt to claim he intended responsible disclosure only after faced with criminal action is false and insulting to the community of responsible security researchers.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3605343
> His attempt to access data was outside our whitehat guidelines, had clear malicious intent, and included extensive and destructive efforts to remain undiscovered and anonymous. In addition, he made no effort to contact Facebook with his discoveries, and even denied involvement when initially questioned. His attempt to claim he intended responsible disclosure only after faced with criminal action is false and insulting to the community of responsible security researchers.