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Worth noting that some of the most well-known cybersecurity experts today are former cyber criminals. It may be worth investigating his past, but a person's pas
by 0xbadcafebee 2y ago
Worth noting that some of the most well-known cybersecurity experts today are former cyber criminals. It may be worth investigating his past, but a person's past is often used to attack their character when there is no other argument to make. If we were all judged solely on our past, we'd all be perpetually guilty.
- tonymet 2y agoThat’s true. And in most other posts, the HN community is predominantly supportive of cyber criminals redeeming themselves as security experts. It’s informative that this case receives the opposite reception.
- lolc 2y agoA security expert does not need access. They serve in advisory roles.
- pityJuke 2y agoMy mental comparison is someone like Marcus Hutchins [0]. He committed some relatively low-level cybercrime, redeemed himself, and served a punishment for it. That's someone I'm absolutely OK with rejoining the real world. But the critical thing is the community Coristine was a part of. It is legitimately classified as a child exploitation ring, and as a terror ring. That requires a lot more eyebrows before one even begins consider him rehabilitated. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Hutchins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Hutchins
- miltonlost 2y agoWorth noting that this kid did this black hat shit like 3 years ago, not 30. This isn’t the kid’s past; this is his very big present. We should be judging someone’s recent behavior and possible skeletons when it comes to a security clearance. Otherwise, that’s how someone is able to be compromised.