[AusNOG] Fwd: LulzSec Leader Arrested in Sydney - One of our own

[James Hodgkinson]

That, and the guy worked as a support staffer for Nessus... which means
he'd likely be running scans on these systems day by day :)

James


On 25 April 2013 02:18, Michael Kahl <michael at kahl.id.au> wrote:

> It's interesting that a "commonly known exploit" was used to "hack" a
> government website.
>
> If it was actually exploited remotely and assuming it is a government
> website it's safe to assume it was compliant with all of the various
> security standards, so what does that say for all of the standards and
> certification testing that's required these days?
>
> Businesses spend huge amounts of money complying with those requirements
> just to be allowed to stay in business but when Government sites get hacked
> through "commonly known exploits", and assuming they're the champions of
> those rules seeing as they created them, it has to be questioned the value
> of those rules and certifications in the first place.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Skeeve Stevens <
> skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/australian-lulzsec-hacker-arrested-20130424-2idmw.html
>>
>> Looks like one of our own has been caught doing naughtyness.
>>
>> Matthew Flannery spent a 18 months at Cirrus Communications and a year at
>> BigAir in network operations.
>>
>> http://au.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-flannery/30/ab9/15a
>>
>> Decent guy from what I know.
>>
>>
>> ...Skeeve
>>
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