Hacker Who Cisco Made Famous Lands Job At Chief Rival
from the whoooooooops dept
Remember over the summer when Cisco freaked out over a security researcher who revealed a pretty major vulnerability in the software that runs a lot of Cisco equipment? We already discussed how the move backfired badly by only calling much more attention to the vulnerability -- but also to the researcher, Michael Lynn himself. He lost his job at a security firm over the flap, but it appears the notoriety probably helped him find another one without too much trouble. He's now working at Juniper, a major Cisco rival. Does Cisco get the referral bonus for recommending him? Update: Oh and, by the way, it was only this week that Cisco finally patched the real problem Lynn was discussing. Update: Updated to make clear that Lynn worked at a security firm, since some felt I implied he worked at Cisco.
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Where did I say he worked for Cisco?
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Kudos to Mike for trying to appease the 'masses' without backing down or being an ass about it.
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God bless the Internet.
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Joe in Germany.
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The Captian (did you mean Captain?)-While you may have erroneously inferred the researcher worked for Cisco, Mike never implied same.-Have your proofreader explain the proper usage of infer and imply.;)
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Actually, they say a securty researcher.. not necessarily their security researcher. Maybe you all should take a minute or two to comprehend the article, and get your facts straight.
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Fired?
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Cnet reads Slashdot
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Story accuracy
I think some computer geeks need to brush up on their Reading and Comprehension.
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