WabiSabiLabi Founder Arrested in Italy
Robert McMillan writes on ComputerWorld:
A founder of security start-up WabiSabiLabi Ltd. was among those arrested by Milan police in connection with an ongoing spying scandal at Telecom Italia, according to published reports.More here.
Roberto Preatoni was charged Monday with unauthorized access to computer systems and wiretapping, said the reports (in Italian). Sources confirmed he is the same Roberto Preatoni who is a founder and director of strategy at WabiSabiLabi. A representative of the security start-up declined to comment today. He said the company would send an e-mail statement later in the day.
Preatoni's company was launched in July, billing itself as an online marketplace for exploit code that could be used to hack into computer systems. Legitimate companies such as 3Com Corp. and VeriSign Inc. have paid for this type of code in the past, but WabiSabiLabi was the first open marketplace for such software. Preatoni, who spoke at Microsoft's Blue Hat security conference just weeks ago, billed his marketplace as a mechanism that would allow independent security researchers to get paid for their work.
posted by Fergie @ 11/06/2007 08:58:00 AM
1 Comments:
What I understand from the italian press is that charges against Preatoni are totally unrelated to his wabisabilabi venture (they say it smtg happened in 2003/2004) and also very confusing. I ve never been a supporter of Mr. Preatoni but it looks like this time he has been caught up What I understand from the italian press is that charges against Preatoni are totally unrelated to his wabisabilabi venture (they say it smtg happened in 2003/2004) and also very confusing. I ve never been a supporter of Mr. Preatoni but it looks like this time he has been caught up in the mess of the usual italian political and lobbistic war. It's also very unlikely that a man who owns a couple companies himself, with a father who's worth billions is going to penetrate computers and wiretap people for fun and profit...in the mess of the usual italian political and lobbistic war. It's also very unlikely that a man who owns a couple companies himself, with a father who's worth billions is going to penetrate computers and wiretap people for fun and profit...
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