My colleague Kit Dotson writes:
In every statement about allowing LulzSec to use their free service, CloudFlare has been pointed about mentioning that while they had received queries from law enforcement—they had never been asked by any authority to terminate service. Of course, the company had very little information to provide about their free client because all that’s needed to sign up is an e-mail address, a username, and a password.
Prince describes the experience as causing several existential crises for his colleagues, after all, who wants to be described as the person who provided anonymity to a group of hackers? Still, in the end, they decided that it was not their job to act as censors when housing information on hacking subjects itself is not illegal.
SiliconAngle: CloudFlare Speaks Out About Their Experience Hosting LulzSec
Prince also said ““You can’t pay for pen testing like this.” No kidding!
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A piece I wrote for RWW today:
The Wall Street Journal reports, citing unnamed sources, that the NSA is launching a program to help protect critical infrastructure – including private enterprises – from cyber attacks. According to the paper, defense contractor Raytheon has received the contract for the project, which would rely on a series of sensors to detect “unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack.” This follows the Lieberman-Collins bill passing committee in the Senate.
The Orwellian nature of the name was alledgedly not lost on Raytheon: The Wall Street Journal claims to have seen an internal Raytheon e-mail saying “Perfect Citizen is Big Brother.”
ReadWriteEnterprise: Do Private Enterprises Need the NSA to Protect Them From Cyber Attacks?
Related posts:
- No “Kill Switch” in Lieberman-Collins Bill, But There’s Been One Since 1934
- How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade
- Future of Cyber Security: What Are the Rules of Engagement?
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