SecurePoint Loses Business Partner Over Hacker Hire

[Vin McLellan <vin () theworld com>]

German antivirus company H+BEDV Datentechnik has cancelled its
partnership with SecurePoint -- a prominent German vendor of firewall and 
VPN servers, personal firewalls, and various other network security 
products -- because of SecurePoint's decision to hire Sven Jaschan, the 
young man who allegedly created the Sasser worm.

H+BEDV chief executive Tjark Auerbach said his company does not want his 
company's product development effort to be tainted by association with an 
alleged malware writer. According to Znet news:

> Jaschan, who at one point was said to have been responsible for 70 percent 
> of the world's viruses, was hired by SecurePoint earlier this year. The 
> company's offer came shortly after Jaschan was released on bail after he 
> admitted writing the virus. Jaschan has not yet been sentenced.
>
> Auerbach said he made the decision to break ties with SecurePoint two 
> minutes after he heard that Jaschen would be working there.
>
> "I cannot support the decision," Auerbach said. "It casts a shadow of 
> doubt over the IT security industry, which has the top priority of the 
> minimization of security risks. This, and not least the security interest 
> of our customers, motivates us in halting cooperation with SecurePoint."

URL: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5453166.html
November 15, 2004


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