Re: Hacker group finds faults in crack challenge

[Grant Bayley <gbayley () AUSMAC NET>]

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, InfoSec News wrote:

> http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/breaking/20010307/A27390-2001Mar7.html
>
> Wednesday, March 7, 2001, 10:46
> By BARRY PARK, FAIRFAX IT
>
> Hacker advocacy group 2600 Australia has called on a Perth company to
> honor its promise to donate $US1 million to charity after its network
> security device remained uncracked after a 30-day public trial.
>
> Secure Systems, which has developed a hardware-based network security
> device called the Silicon Data Vault, said earlier this year it would
> donate $1 million to the United States-based Make-a-Wish Foundation if
> the device was cracked within a 30-day period ending at midnight on
> February 28, but only if the technology was onsold to a developer.
>
> It said if the device was cracked, Secure Systems would donate
> $US10,000 to the charity of the cracker's choice.

I only just realised that there's a typo in the Fairfax story...

The original press release states:

"If no one did, the company said it would donate $2 million to the
US-based Make-a-Wish Foundation out of sale proceeds if a deal was
consummated to market the product"

(US$1 million = approx A$2 million)

(Ref: http://www.securesystems.com.au/Releases/mr210101.html )

The story should probably therefore read:

> Silicon Data Vault, said earlier this year it would
> donate $1 million to the United States-based Make-a-Wish Foundation if
> the device was _not_ cracked within a 30-day period ending at midnight
> on February 28, but only if the technology was onsold to a developer.

Grant Bayley
2600 Australia

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