Consultant Convicted For Non-Invasive Site Access

Phillip P Barnett writes "Security consultant Daniel Cuthbert worried that he'd been stung by a phishing scam when he donated to a Tsunami relief effort in London, UK. He was convicted for hacking and lost his job after running a couple of checks on the website in question." From the article: "During the trial, Cuthbert's defence argued that any unauthorised access was entirely innocent. In evidence it was shown that he had attempted to access the tsunami donations site on two occasions and the site's security systems had denied him access. The defence also pointed out that Cuthbert had not attempted to defraud the site." ZDNet also has a commentary piece on what this decision may mean for the future of cybercrime.

Comments

Re:Much ado about nothing.

[Gulthek]

Ok. Thanks directly to your post I have registered at digg and am having a blast. I had heard about digg before but had never really perused it. Awesome site. The fun story picking of kuro5hin without the snobby feel.

Re:KISS on disaster donations

[HiThere]

The US version of the Red Cross has a less than adequate reputation. I've heard that the International Red Cross is better, but they aren't supporting the Katrina victims. And much of the aid that was sent was denied enterance by FEMA.

I feel that the money I donated was probably shanghied, but the goods that were donated probably got through.

Jury by Slashdot!

[freeweed]

You can have your say about Cuthbert's conviction by voting in this poll.

Man, if only Slashdot polls carried this much weight...