[Infowarrior] - Massachusetts Agency Sues To Stop Presentation

[Richard Forno]

Paul's hit the nail on the head here -- suing won't stop the knowledge  
from getting out, it'll only draw more attention to your "problem" and  
motivate others to try and exploit it.   And the requested TRO? What a  
joke.    --rf


From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawg at netzero.net>

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Via El Reg.

[snip]

A transit agency in New England has filed a federal lawsuit to stop  
three
Massachusetts Institute of Technology grad students from publicly
presenting research at Defcon demonstrating gaping security holes in  
two of
the agency's electronic payment systems.

The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) also named MIT in the
17-page complaint, which seeks unspecified monetary damages for  
violation
of the computer fraud and abuse act, negligent supervision and other  
causes
of action. It also requests a temporary order preventing the students  
from
"publicly stating or indicating that the security or integrity" of the
MBTA's systems has been compromised.

[snip]

More:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/09/defcon_speakers_sued/

Anyone ever heard of "The Streisand Effect"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect