The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack

Re:The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack by hymanroth on Sunday July 19, 2009 @09:14AM (#712915)

The million dollar question: would we have been so interested in how the attack was made if we hadn't had at least a glimpse of the compromised information? In other words, could TC argue that publishing the confidential information was a valid way of raising awareness of the security issue? I'm not convinced, but it's a tough one.

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Re:The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack by cdibona on Sunday July 19, 2009 @11:12AM (#713012)

That's just about the worst excuse I've ever heard for unethical conduct. In my mind, this is the equivalent of "I trashed your house, peed on your couch and stole your wine cellar to show you how important a axe proof front door is."

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Re:The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack by hymanroth on Sunday July 19, 2009 @11:52AM (#713051)

I was talking about TC, not the hacker. Also, I made it clear that whilst I didn't agree, the question is a valid one.

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