Numerous Debian Project systems compromised

Posted Nov 22, 2003 16:49 UTC (Sat) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222)
In reply to: Numerous Debian Project systems compromised by JoeBuck
Parent article: Numerous Debian Project systems compromised

This is interesting. I have posted comments before on this site in which I mention the word "betrayal."

It doesn't hurt the cause if people around the world, especially those who don't know the technical ins and outs of computers, could understand the nature of this beast in our field.

People who advocate more liberal drug laws are familiar with it since day one. There was a time, in the 1970's, when it actually became quite fashionable to spurn informants and people who betrayed one's trust. In our industry, however, we are currently at a point where we are still quite able to identify, and *expose*, people who are willing to sell out to the likes of Microsoft and SCO by engaging in clearly criminal behavior.

It was said earlier that bringing in law-enforcement could mean that the servers would be impounded, but there must be some better way to do it. People who violate the law by breaking into the property of others should be punished, and that's that.