Xref: utzoo misc.legal:26410 comp.org.eff.talk:2468 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!d75!bei From: bei@d75.UUCP (bei) Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: sysop liability/responsibility Message-ID: <3962@d75.UUCP> Date: 28 May 91 15:14:49 GMT References: <1991May20.130200.11894@unlinfo.unl.edu> <419@netxcom.netx.com> <1991May26.192145.14175@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Reply-To: bei@d75.UUCP (Bob Izenberg) Followup-To: comp.org.eff.talk Distribution: usa Organization: IBM AWD, Austin, TX Lines: 28 In article <1991May26.192145.14175@ddsw1.MCS.COM> learn@ddsw1.MCS.COM (William Vajk) writes: >System igloo was "broken into" by such means this year. The details were >forwarded to every individual and group who might be interested, with the >concensus that there was actually little to be done. When Bill first told me about this, the incident with the dentists going to the cops about their computer hadn't become public knowledge. A break-in is a break-in, and if a mistake caused by an old BBS listing can garner police attention, so can an attempt to defraud by a user who may or may not have intentionally loaned out their password. Without mentioning the name of your user's employer, you can have no doubt that the company in question would have a room full of Federal officials come out to see you if the situation was reversed. Which law enforcement organizations did you contact? What was their response? We've all heard of some people at the state and federal level who have aggressive policies on computer intrusion. I'm at least five percent sure that the tradition of fair and prompt attention that some Illinois and Texas residents have come to expect will get this matter resolved. Only someone with no interest in his job, or too much interest in hiding the malfeasance of corporations that co-operate in investigations, would fail to heed your complaint. -- Bob -- Opinions expressed in this message are those of its author, except where messages by others are included with attribution. No endorsement of these opinions by Ralph Kirkley Associates or IBM should be inferred. Bob Izenberg [ ] Ralph Kirkley Associates work: 512 838 6311 [ ] bei@rt_trace.austin.ibm.com home: 512 346 7019 [ ] bei@dogface.UUCP