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I found myself wondering if perhaps the 'white-hat' reference is a blunder in the headline. This article woefully lacks any actual details regarding what he did
by nik_0_0 15y ago
I found myself wondering if perhaps the 'white-hat' reference is a blunder in the headline. This article woefully lacks any actual details regarding what he did or how he approached communication with Facebook, only stating that he was a white-hat hacker for Yahoo once (which obviously proves nothing).
- skolor 15y agoI searched around a little bit, since I found the lack of details somewhat disturbing. This is the best I found: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Facebook-hack-lands-UK-student-in-prison-3339427.php http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Facebook-hack-lands-UK.... From the sounds of it, he broke into an employees account (likely their work computer, possibly further access). I'm speculating, but that makes it sound like he stole some portion of the Facebook source code, coupling that with the "intellectual property" claims. I'm curious about this line, towards the bottom: his intention throughout was to contact Facebook in due course when he had rectified their problems
- ErrantX 15y agoSounds like the classic "but what I would have done..." defence (unless they have backed it up with clear evidence, of course, I didn't check).