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Re: UK ISP threatens security researcher

  • From: Will Hargrave
  • Date: Thu Apr 19 13:28:55 2007 
Gadi Evron wrote:

> "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.

In his blog post [1] he did admit to accessing other routers of Be's customers
using the backdoor password; this is probably [2] a criminal offence in the UK.

I'm not sure I have as much sympathy for him as you do.


[1] http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/826
[2] IANAL