'T0rn' Arrest Alarms White Hats, Advocates

'T0rn' Arrest Alarms White Hats, Advocates
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-09-24

A raid on the alleged author of a well-known hacker toolkit is raising eyebrows among electronic civil libertarians, and putting security researchers on guard.

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Anonymous (2 replies)

Come on folks don't you think this is going a bit overboard. I mean there is a difference between writing and publishing a rootkit with bad intentions, and writing a security tool for research purposes. I'm not a lawyer but I would think it all comes down to intent.

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