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Brian West Update

Posted by michael on from the following-through dept.

Concerned Onlooker writes: "Remember the story about how Brian West reported a security leak to a client of a competing hosting service and then was promptly arrested by the FBI? Well, as usual there's more to the story, as shown in this release that I got today from Sheldon Sperling of the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Sorry about the Word-generated HTML. It's just nice to follow up on what outraged many of us at the time...." West has pled guilty to a misdemeanor offense.

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  1. New laws saying this is "life behind bars" offence by ZenJabba1 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I wonder if this is the kind of "law breaker" DoJ hopes to lock behind bars for the rest of his life?

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  2. This whole thing makes me so mad. by bl1st3r · · Score: 0, Troll

    He shouldn't have had to plead guilty to ANY offense. He should have been given a reward by the company for finding a problem that could have easily cost them thousands of dollars if exploited. And this wasn't any complex hole either. Any 5 year old with a browser and Frontpage could have hacked it.

    -blister

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  3. Re:New laws saying this is "life behind bars" offe by Lonesmurf · · Score: 1, Troll

    I was going to mod this down, but I am just going to reply instead. This isn't insightful or interesting, it is WRONG. The new law only applies to .GOV and .MIL websites. The site brian west hacked into was neither. Get your facts straight before you start spouting nonsense.

    I can't find the original story on the new DoJ laws because the stupid slashdot search is not working. Someone want to back me up on this or provide a link?

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  4. Intellectual property redux by Kaiwen · · Score: 0, Troll
    return all property of the Company including intellectual property

    When did a username and password become "intellectual property"? What if my usernmane is, say, my first name and M.I., and my password is my birthday? Are my name and birthdate now the intellectual property of my former employer? What if I write them on a piece of paper prefixed with "Techo, Inc. UN/PW"? Now are they intellectual property?

    Hmm...