RE: [backstage] BBC becomes the British Botnet Corporation

[Nick Reynolds-FM&T]

Indeed I can give you the BBC statement:

"There is a powerful public interest in demonstrating the ease with
which such malware can be obtained and used; how it can be deployed on
thousands of PCs without the owners even knowing it is there; and its
power to send spam email or attack other websites undetected. This will
help computer users realise the importance and value of using basic
security techniques to defend their PCs from such attacks. 

The BBC has strict editorial guidelines for this type of investigation
which were followed to the letter. At no stage was any other data other
than the IP address used. We believe that as a result of the
investigation, computer users around the world are now better informed
of the importance and value of using basic security techniques to defend
their PCs from attacks"

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[mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Nick Reynolds-FM&T
Sent: 13 March 2009 10:16
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: RE: [backstage] BBC becomes the British Botnet Corporation

I can confirm this programme was run past the legal and policy people. 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Rob Myers
Sent: 13 March 2009 09:30
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC becomes the British Botnet Corporation

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Steve Jolly <st...@jollys.org> wrote:

> Not sure I'm convinced - all operating systems have their 
> vulnerabilities;

All machines have their *theoretical* vulnerabilities. Only Windows has
vast botnets built on them, or any effective malware threats exploiting
them in the wild.

Unless you are a BBC reporter who has only ever used Windows, you're on
a deadline, and you don't want your report to look like it lacks
balance. In which case suddenly every OS is as good as Windows for a
change. ;-)

- Rob.
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