[Info-vax] Famed US hacker Kevin Mitnick dies aged 59
Arne Vajhøj
arne at vajhoej.dk
Mon Jul 31 19:38:39 EDT 2023
On 7/31/2023 9:23 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-07-29, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7/29/2023 2:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> But if Mitnick's goal was to shut everything down and cause chaos, which I
>>> suspect it was, he was very successful.
>>
>> I just wish people would stop trying to make heroes out of criminals.
>
> Sometimes the low-level criminals do the good guys a really big favour
> by exposing serious vulnerabilities before the _really_ bad guys come
> along and cause massive damage.
Those that are interested in such a service can contract a
security expert to test.
Those that are not interested in such a service -
well they don't want it.
Arne
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