Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Should You Hire a Hacker?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the old-tricks-or-fresh-starts dept.

fabioj writes "Business Week has an article about today's debate at the RSA Security Conference held at the Moscone Center attended by Kevin Mitnick and his 1995 trial prosecutor, Christopher Painter. Interesting to note that Painter doesn't see Kevin Mitnick's experiences as a deterrent for the 'up-and-coming technology workforce' to criminally hack."

2 of 647 comments (clear)

  1. Re:In your dream...or outside US by Qrlx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    DO you want to debate with anti-MS logged in people? I'm feeling feisty.

  2. Re:Morality, is it absolute? by swordgeek · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Two good points you made:

    If they've served their debt to society, and they appear to have truly reformed, then hiring them is expedient and possibly noble.

    However, Mitnick is an unrepentant repeat offender. I wouldn't let him pay me to look at my computers.

    --

    "People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die." -- Jim Davidson on alt.folklore.urban