[96120] in North American Network Operators' Group
UK ISP threatens security researcher
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gadi Evron)
Tue Apr 17 19:40:42 2007
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:30:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
http://www.theregister.com/2007/04/17/hackers_service_terminated/
"A 21-year-old college student in London had his internet service
terminated and was threatened with legal action after publishing details
of a critical vulnerability that can compromise the security of the ISP's
subscribers."
I happen to know the guy, and I am saddened by this.
Gadi.
