Police arrest 19-year old LulzSec hacker ‘Topiary’

I’m pretty sure if they had the means of tracking him down and finding him, they have the means of getting whatever information they need out of his computers.  Encrypted or not.

You’re talking about the people who hacked fortune 500 companies and the US government! These aren’t whippersnapper hackers. These kids are extremely accomplished. I think they would’ve taken into account the possibility of being caught and implemented the necessary precautionary measures.

@DEhrlich01:disqus You’re talking about the people who hacked Fortune 500 companies and the US government who didn’t properly secure their shit, and in the case of the government, they were DDoS’ing public sites. “Those kids” themselves said that they’re not doing rocket science, just basic crap like SQL injections and social engineering. This is a few steps below the Gibson, and whoever was responsible for security at those companies need to be replaced.

@DEhrlich01:disqus  They were doing the simplest of attacks that anyone with basic computer background can do. SQL injection and DDOSing is NOT hard. You think too much of these ‘accomplished’ kids.

You exposed your information when you gave it to that company. The company failed to protect it. True story. If you don’t like it, stop using your credit card on the internet. 

That doesn’t change the fact that these obviously talented people could be using their skills to help society and even make decent money.

You exposed your money when you gave it to that bank. The bank failed to protect it from that bank robber. True story. If you don’t like it, stop putting your money in a bank.

Or this? You exposed your money when you carried it on you while walking downtown at night. You failed to protect it from that mugger who beat you senseless. True story. If you don’t like it, stop carrying your money around with you.

Nothing is totally secure. But when did we stop blaming the person who actually STOLE the information? In the above examples, I don’t think you’d blame the bank or the person. The thief is the one to blame. Same here. 

As happy a thought as that is, I’m pretty sure most corporations would probably dismiss some random teenager telling them about how vulnerable their security is as fast as most people would dismiss somebody claiming the end of the world, or an impending alien invasion.  They’d rather spend millions to hear what an “expert” IT security consultant has to say.

Not to mention, as technically savy as these kids are, that doesn’t necessarily make them mature enough to undertake a such a rationale (and one could argue, moral) endeavor.

But wait aren’t those same types employed by our governments in military endeavors???   or Police officers or even teachers/tutors in our schools.  Though you could raise that argument on some you can’t on all.

Obviously easy for these kids to hack. An its the governments money. Not every dime comes from Tax payers. There is a difference between bowing to the law and integrity. I don’t mess with things that I know aren’t mine to mess with. I don’t walk behind someone that dropped $20 and reach down and put it in my own pocket.

And me working for the government, if everyone knew everything that was going on, things would be even more screwed up. We have people that are in charge of the country. Some punk sitting at a computer stealing information and trying to leak secret or top secret information is a security threat to everyone. How do you know these people aren’t sitting at home hacking the US government and selling stuff to foreign countries? Let’s just open the door and let everyone in. Some guy that works at Walmart doesn’t need to know that the US military has a sub marine parked off the coast of a foreign country full of nuclear war heads. Leak stuff like that and other countries just lobbing shit over here at random. Things are secret because they are locked away most of the time to keep others protected. You don’t sit at a poker table and play with your cards all laid face up on the table.

I guess I missed where the government does something to generate income. The government costs us money. It’s kind of like an IT staff that way. We gotta have it, but we gotta pay for it. 

well nice one to compair goverments work ethic with playing poker cause well its all about the money isnt it?!! getting it all and leaving the others with nothing! and why doesnt the guy at walmart needs to know everything are you implying he is stupid? well he might be,after all he is working for walmart which he might consider after having more infos about what walmart actually is. and maybe if you had more infos even you might consider an other job. or are you really believing hiding stuff is for the greater good?? like not telling your partner you did cheat so that the partner wont get upset?? thats just protecting yourself! well dont start thinking might give you a headache, just follow the sheep…

This is the worst written post I’ve ever read, and that includes posts from that “Burry” knucklehead who posts his “rap” in every Blackberry thread.

And it’s all fun and games until someone’s credit card info is stolen and their bank account drained. And if you don’t want to obey the law, don’t live in the country.