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Consultant Convicted For Non-Invasive Site Access

Posted by Zonk on from the anyone-else-thinking-greyhawk dept.

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.

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  1. Huzzah! by sdirrim · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Another site never heard from. Wait...

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  2. Re:Much ado about nothing. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey OCG,

    This is way offtopic, but I didn't see an e-mail address for you. I've been following your comments lately and I like most of the things you have to say. I agree with you, distributing copyrighted material is wrong. I don't use p2p as I have no use for it. However, I am going to tell you my situation and ask what you think of it.

    I have a home network, and a central server. I rip all my dvd's and music to this server (all paid for) and I then use the network to view the movies/listen to music in different rooms in my house on demand. Do you think this should be a crime?

    One special request should you choose to reply. Please do not say Straw Man! I've grown tired of reading that term.

  3. What is wrong with Slashdot lately? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The page renders funny (I have to scroll for two pages worth of total blankness) and I see text overlapping other text.

  4. Re:Much ado about nothing. by Gulthek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

  5. Re:KISS on disaster donations by HiThere · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    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.

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  6. Jury by Slashdot! by freeweed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

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

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  7. Re:seems like there could be more to this story. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    was his intent to try and defraud

    "try to defraud".