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Tsunami Hacker Got A Real Job
John Stith
Staff Writer
2005-11-11
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Recently convicted Daniel Cuthbert got a job slightly better than most convicts. The convicted stemmed from his hacking into a Tsunami fund-raising site. For most criminals, something so heinous would be the end of the line. But Danny boy wasn't crying this week.
UK-based Corsaire, an Internet security firm, hired him before his conviction. Cuthbert, Corsaire and others claim the charges were unfounded and he said he was merely following a donation he made.
Apparently, Cuthbert made a donation to this charity but for some reason decided to follow up on the donation because he didn't feel like he could trust them. When he hacked into the computer system, alarms went off. Authorities in the UK government felt otherwise and charged him with violating the Computer Misuse Act (CMA).
Silicom.com talked to Martin O'Neal, the director at Corsaire and he confirmed the hiring. They quoted O'Neal, "The reason being, we've known Daniel for a long time. He was well known in the security industry, even before the case. His integrity has never been called into question."
While the gentleman has been convicted of a crime, he is appealing. Also, this case provides another reason for the UK government to review the CMA. A recent email-baed denial of service attack was thrown out due to a lack of provisions for such a crime in the CMA. Many critics feel the law needs to be completely overhauled and update to accommodate the current types of assaults and methods in contemporary cybercrime and perhaps have it a little more flexible to work with future developments.
About the Author:
John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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