ATM Vendors Threaten, Stop Research Presentation

An anonymous reader writes "A presentation about 'The Underground Economy,' by Italian white hat hacker and security expert Raoul Chiesa, was replaced at the last minute during last week's Hack In The Box conference. The reason behind this cancellation was that Chiesa received legal pressure from ATM vendors over the fact that the originally scheduled presentation covers details of various techniques and exploits of vulnerabilities that cyber criminals use to break into ATMs — flaws that have been known for a long time."

Comments

Re:you'd rather your bank was burgled?

[JockTroll]

"so you are suggesting that publishing instructions on how to perform an act will lead to less people executing that act....... *logic needed*"

Everybody who has half a brain and went through basic chemistry knows enough to wreak some toxic havoc. Hint: bleach + ammonia. Do you think we should ban chemistry books, wannabe inquisitor masturbator boy? Afraid of knowledge? Scared by science? Did a science jock beat you up in high school, loserboy? Did he twist your arms while reading Aristotle?

Re:Publish it on Piratebay instead

[commodore64_love]

>>>What do you do?

Say nothing, hang up, and continue with my original plans. I will not be intimidated, even if it leads to my own imprisonment. Better to live free, than to be on my knees licking the boots of some lawyer, corporation, or politician.

Remember the Ghetto Riots in Germany? Had I been alive at the time, I probably would have been part of them. I will not walk peacefully into a shower room. Nor will I give-up my right to open my mouth and speak-out, or publish any paper I desire. To do that would be the same as making myself a slave with a muzzle that my master jerks every now and then.