Hacking, Ethics, and the Future of Internet Security: Reflections by a Top Journalist on the Front Lines of Cybercrime
Joseph Menn, Reuters, and Author,
Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet
Monday, April 9, 2012
7:00pm
Lucas Hall, Forbes Family Conference Center
Hacker names like Wikileaks, LulzSec, and Anonymous have become common parlance. And hackers have infiltrated high-profile targets like the BART system, U.S. government diplomatic channels, even the Vatican. But how are we to make sense of this current generation of hackers in light of the long history of "black-hat" and "white-hat" hacking? And how can we understand the ethical or not-so-ethical motives that are driving hackers today? Joseph Menn of Reuters is one of the top Internet security journalists in the country. In his talk, he will provide an overview of contemporary hacking and raise questions about the ethical assumptions driving the phenomenon.
Registration is complimentary.
Part of the IT, Ethics & Law Colloquium Series cosponsored by the High Tech Law Institute; the Center for Science, Technology, & Society; and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.