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The article was questioning whether hiring hackers (and by extension in this article, virus writers) is a prudent business decision. Whether one could win a suit against MS as an attractive nuisance or could lessen one's own civil liability through a defense of contributory negligence is not at issue.

I, for one, would consider the risks to my company's assets and reputation (an intangible asset) to be too great to warrant hiring anyone who has been convicted of breaking into someone else's system(s) or of writing a virus released into the wild. I wouldn't care what OS they cracked, what their skill level was or whether they appeared truly contrite over their past actions. Their presence on my payroll would present a risk I am not prepared to assume.

You have yet in any of your postings to answer the very question posited in the article...would you or would you not hire such an individual? Why or why not?
Posted by: charlieot   Posted on: 09/27/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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You've already hired hackers  chrislovesdana | 09/22/04
Absolutely not!  d_jedi | 09/22/04
exactly...  Monkey_MCSE | 09/22/04
Should we have used German scientests who built the  Laff | 09/23/04
Completely different scenerio..  d_jedi | 09/23/04
Um the question seemed to me hiring someone who  Laff | 09/24/04
bad idea.  xjunglistx | 05/03/05
er...  xjunglistx | 05/03/05
Gee it would be like using software from a convicted monopolist  Richard Flude | 09/22/04
That's why I don't do business with IBM. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
Huh?  wresnick | 09/23/04
He said a monopoly,...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/23/04
Dumb thing to say but...  AmusedAtItAll | 09/23/04
Rewarding criminal behavior is just stupid!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
Stupid for who?  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
Everyone of us trying to make the world a decent , safe place.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/23/04
Then please explain....  AmusedAtItAll | 09/23/04
ah your point?  V Sanders | 09/22/04
Would you hire an embezzler as an accountant?  secureplay_z | 09/23/04
Hire an Embezzler?  Jkirk3279 | 09/23/04
Reason number 1 stands out to me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/23/04
New way to establish credentials--create a killer virus  garydodge7 | 09/23/04
As long as he paid the price for his crime I see no reason for not hiring  voska | 09/23/04
The thing is  d_jedi | 09/23/04
Hacking isn't about the tech  voska | 09/23/04
But the thing is..  d_jedi | 09/24/04
What does this have to do with hackers?  wresnick | 09/23/04
Fiddlesticks  voska | 09/23/04
airlines hire OS  V Sanders | 09/23/04
Seem to forget the other half of the equation  AmusedAtItAll | 09/23/04
Not really relevant here  charlieot | 09/27/04

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