[dundee] Your licence fees at work - BBC acquire 22, 000 node Botnet!

[Gary Short]

I saw a lot of chatter about this in the security forums that I frequent.
Bottom line is the Beeb broke the law. I'm not sure they even realized what
they were doing was illegal. They should have sought better advice.

Regards,
Gary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dundee-bounces at lists.lug.org.uk [mailto:dundee-
> bounces at lists.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Rick Moynihan
> Sent: 16 March 2009 14:34
> To: Tayside Linux User Group
> Subject: [dundee] Your licence fees at work - BBC acquire 22, 000 node
> Botnet!
> 
> I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned this yet...  Does anyone else
> not find this a little shocking?  Or are the BBC allowed to show a
> disregard for the law, so long as they inform the public?
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/16/bbc_botnet_bought/
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7938201.stm
> 
> Let the debate begin!
> 
> R.
> 
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