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Why did MIT call in the secret service right away? The answer must lie with certain Charles M. Vest who, in 1990, became president of MIT and served in that p
by SagelyGuru 14y ago
Why did MIT call in the secret service right away?
The answer must lie with certain Charles M. Vest who, in 1990, became president of MIT and served in that position until December 2004. He is now MIT professor and president emeritus.
He also happens to be a key member of the board of trustees of Ithaka, the owners of JSTOR.
I would not hold out my breath for MIT investigation criticising its own President Emeritus.
- fredgrott 14y agoWhen the email intrusion was investigated for that top military general was not secret service called in conjunction with the FBI? Although I think Secret Service and FBI overlap in covering domestic computer break-ins
- mjn 14y agoI think it's a bigger change than with JSTOR specifically, so I'm skeptical that connection is the root cause. Another example, completely unrelated to IP, is that MIT used to quasi-tolerate tunnel/roof exploration, and in any case certainly didn't report students to the cops for it. But now they charge students with felonies for doing it: http://tech.mit.edu/V127/N4/hackers.html http://tech.mit.edu/V127/N4/hackers.html