Re: intrusion via ssh
On Friday 01 April 2005 15:01, John Hasler wrote:
>Gene Heskett writes:
>> Real justice is served more often than not by those limits.
>
>I wouldn't bet on it. The law involved is the Federal "Computer
> Fraud and Abuse Act" (violation of which is a felony), not local
> law and violations are investigated by the FBI. The computers
> involved are probably zombies under remote-control, and may belong
> to large organizations of the sort that always press charges.
With all due respect John, they really should be pressing charges
against the perp who owned the box in the first place AND their
network admin who probably wasn't keeping the systems fully patched.
Somewhat the he who lives in glass houses ruleset IMO. But then MO
isn't worth, in court, any more than the electrons made to dance and
convey this message.
A sad commentary on our times...
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>John Hasler
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