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Hacker says he leaked info on Unix flaw (News.com)
News.com reports
that a hacker claims to have stolen three unreleased security advisories
from a corporate computer and posted them to a public mailing list.
"The online vandal, who uses the monicker "Hack4Life," said Wednesday
that he stole advisories detailing flaws in a common set of Unix code, the
Kerberos authentication system and some implementations of encryption for
Web sites. He claims to have stolen them from a firm that had been working
with the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center, a
clearinghouse for security information."
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Hacker says he leaked info on Unix flaw (News.com) Posted Mar 20, 2003 20:28 UTC (Thu) by wolfrider (guest, #3105) [Link] This guy should see what jail feels like for about a year. What an asshat.
subject Posted Mar 20, 2003 21:46 UTC (Thu) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link] This guy should see what clothing feels like for about a year. What a noseglove.
Hacker says he leaked info on Unix flaw (News.com) Posted Mar 21, 2003 7:22 UTC (Fri) by barrygould (guest, #4774) [Link] This seems to me to be evidence that delaying disclosure may not be good.
Hacker says he leaked info on Unix flaw (News.com) Posted Mar 21, 2003 8:44 UTC (Fri) by libra (guest, #2515) [Link] Yes, and this guy is certainly not as bad as all the ones who would have used the information for themselves, making worms or worse if possible.
Hacker says he leaked info on Unix flaw (News.com) Posted Mar 21, 2003 17:20 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Note that, according to the article, people at 50 different companies had access to all three advisories. It is possible that no crack took place at all, as any of hundreds of people could have simply leaked the information.
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