Before Ross was busted, he made a lot of opsec mistakes.
This is a great read, if you have the time.
NHS computer systems hacked!?
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Before Ross was busted, he made a lot of opsec mistakes.
This is a great read, if you have the time.
You've never met the guy and you're making confident pronouncements about his character? Also, rather worryingly, you seem to think his character justifies sentencing. He stopped the spread of a major attack that was paralysing much of our healthcare and also infrastructure in countries around the world. He can call himself "an accidental hero" without being an arrogant ******.
Computer law expert says British hacker arrest problematic.
A computer law expert on Friday described the evidence so far presented to justify the U.S. arrest of a British cybersecurity researcher as being problematic — an indictment so flimsy that it could create a climate of distrust between the U.S. government and the community of information-security experts.
Attorney Tor Ekeland told The Associated Press that the facts in the indictment fail to show intent.
Had to chuckle at his name
A computer law expert on Friday described the evidence so far presented to justify the U.S. arrest of a British cybersecurity researcher as being problematic — an indictment so flimsy that it could create a climate of distrust between the U.S. government and the community of information-security experts.
Attorney Tor Ekeland told The Associated Press that the facts in the indictment fail to show intent.
Had to chuckle at his name
No I didn't say that I said his arrogant behaviour may have got him caught. And I disagree, calling yourself a hero is arrogant.
Computer law expert says British hacker arrest problematic.
A computer law expert on Friday described the evidence so far presented to justify the U.S. arrest of a British cybersecurity researcher as being problematic — an indictment so flimsy that it could create a climate of distrust between the U.S. government and the community of information-security experts.
Attorney Tor Ekeland told The Associated Press that the facts in the indictment fail to show intent.
Had to chuckle at his name
Interesting. But this is the same attorney who represented Laurie Love so take that as you will.
This kind of thing will be one of the issues the US intelligence services are facing - it can be hard, without significant forensics to tell the difference between someone getting sloppy and logging into a system without masking themselves and someone dabbling to analyse the malware and wouldn't be the first time someone has used a seemingly legit company as a front for illegal stuff online.
Kind of strange though if that was the case they didn't go through the UK authorities.
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It says "accidental hero" in quotes in his bio.
Let's look at the whole bio in context:
Malware Researcher, Developer, "Accidental Hero". Tweets are not my own they are the opinions of my employer, family, and even my cat.
It doesn't read as arrogant to me at all.
Yes teacher lets... hmm still reads as arrogant to me
It's let's with an apostrophe. Stay on for detention.Yes teacher lets... hmm still reads as arrogant to me
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23 years old earning a 6-figure salary, whilst still living at home with his parents by the coast in North Devon. Where do I learn to code?
Someone must have stolen the apostrophe, call the feds! My god is nothing sacred anymore?
If that is like snow boarding I have a note from my mum. Seriously yeah, my lack of coordination is disturbing to see.And waterboarding?
After inspecting said "note from my mum" I realised the signature stating "from JessieD mum" seemed a bit suspicious. Perhaps it was because it was written in edible crayon
Oh no, look the apostrophe tea leaf has struck again. As a repeat victim of crime I am devastated
Oh no, look the apostrophe tea leaf has struck again. As a repeat victim of crime I am devastated
Was going to insert one there (hehehe) but I thought it'd either confuse or get stolen
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Yes sir that was exactly what I was thinking of when I said he was sloppy.
But thinking about it really he was a physics grad then doing a masters in a physics subject. So no background knowledge at all of cyber security etc I assume... just taught himself programming and went to work.