Tracy Kitten writes:
I caught up this week with Barnaby Jack, the so-called ethical hacker who cracked the operating systems of two retail ATMs during last month’s Black Hat Technical Security Conference in Vegas. Jack, who heads research for IOActive Labs, a privately held computer and network security firm in San Francisco, hacked two commonly deployed off-premises ATMs — the Triton RL2000 and Tranax 1700.
His actions have been praised by some, criticized by others. Ethical hackers like Jack play a critical role in security, some argue. Others question his motives, as well as his right to publicly expose system vulnerabilities found in products manufactured by private entities.
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