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White Hat Hacker Breaks Silence

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the lockin-it-down dept.

Flackboy Kevin writes "The nation's hackers are about to come out of their shells on Friday as one of the most notorious 'good guys' in Manhattan makes a rare-yet-cyber public appearance on USA Today's online chat. Gary Morse, Manhattan's white hat hacker and good friend of every Chief Security Officer in the financial world agreed to an online chat regarding security. Morse's uncanny knowledge of how Manhattan is wired helps keep him one step ahead of hackers and has kept him in high disregard in most hacker communities. Morse's company, Razorpoint Security Technologies does not employ hackers who've decided to come in from the cold."

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  1. Speaking of (not) bright people... by Matthew+Weigel · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    "Would you recomend free software, such as Debian or Red Hat, on the desktop?"
    This is not relevant to a discussion about security. This is an attempt to slip ideology into a technical discussion. Back away.
    --
    --Matthew
  2. Re:On the subject of hats... by Quill_28 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Interesting read, and I don't completely disagree, but I do have a question.

    If one replaced "black hat" with "pedophile" in the above post, would the argument still hold water?

  3. Buzzzzzzz....what a sweet sound by Flackboy+Kevin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, it's I, the Flackboy. Glad to see that my piece generated so much dialogue. In the order of fairness, I should mention that I simply submitted the story to the editors - there's no conspiracy behind it's appearance, so go easy on the Slashdot staff, they made an editorial decision based on newsworthiness. Thanks to all for the compliments and criticisms.