Arrest in Cisco Code Theft

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 20, 2004 @08:07AM from the hack-and-roll dept.

Kozar_The_Malignant writes "The BBC is reporting that an arrest has been made in the case of the stolen Cisco code that was posted to the internet last May. Approximately 800 MB was posted to a Russian security website. No name has been released and details are rather thin."

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The post-arrest-press-release interview by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-20 08:09 · Score: -1, Troll

Reporter: Please explain to us what the significance of the stolen code was to Cisco.

Cisco PR: The stolen code was very embarrassing for us as a technology company. Several attacks on Cisco routers were believed to be a direct result of the release of this code.

Reporter: So catching this person resolidifies your presence in the technology market?

Cisco PR: We don't believe our presence in the technology market was ever questioned. This person gave us a black eye and as a company we believed it would be best if he were brought to justice.

Reporter: So you have identified the person? What's his name?

Cisco PR: We have not yet identified the individual in question.

Reporter: But he has been arrested, correct?

Cisco PR: Yes, I believe so.

Reporter: And what has he been charged with?

Cisco PR: I do not believe he has been charged.

Reporter: So you aren't sure who he is, and he hasn't been charged. Was he arrested in the United States by any chance?

Cisco PR: No, I believe he was indeed arrested in England.

Reporter: Well, thank you for your time.

Cisco PR: Thank you. Please visit us at www.cisco.com
"Code theft"??? by Pig+Hogger · 2004-09-20 08:09 · Score: -1, Troll

Comeone, guys, get with the times. Cisco never was deprived of it's code, so it cannot be theft.
It was copyright infingement, all right, but certainly not code theft.
Re:"Naked Code"? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-20 08:12 · Score: -1, Troll

Neo-Nazi's gaining popularity in Germany - 9%

Maybe you Euro lefties should pay more attention to what's going on at home, and less time crying about the big bad US.
of course... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-20 08:27 · Score: -1, Troll

this wouldn't have happened if Cisco open-sourced their code. that's another proof that closed source is evil: it leads to crimes like this.
Customers should demand this. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-20 08:49 · Score: -1, Troll

If I were a big customer of Cisco, I'd demand that the source be released to hacker groups so that it can be peer-reviewed and proven safe.
The way it is now, where most companies keep such code hidden, the infrastructure used to run this contry never be probably never ever be appropriately reviewed for security..
FRIST PSOT by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-20 10:37 · Score: -1, Troll

at death's ddor fear the reaper When I stood for Distribution. As hype - BSD's
Re:In Soviet Russia... by Old+Telco+Guy · 2004-09-20 20:30 · Score: -1, Troll

In Soviet Russia, joke tells YOU!