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Gawker Attacker Turned FBI Informant, Pursued Other Hackers
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5/18/2014 | 11:23:25 AM
Stay Ahead of the Curve
I think the most important message in this scenario is to always patch and stay current. Having an outdated OS and outdated encryption (regular DES) is two huge vulnerabilities to your enterprise saftey. Resolving these won't stop zero day attacks but it will help your network from being wide open.

Also, I am not sure what being autistic has anything to do with the judgment. I believe that is irrelevant in nature to this case. I am glad that he saw fit to cooperate after his capture. Hopefully, this resulted in the prevention of many future attacks. Thoughts?


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