Christopher Soghoian, the Indiana University student who created the fake boarding pass site and was busted by Federal Officials, is a Google Intern according to his resume.
Ironically, Soghoian is interning in the Application Security Group at Google where he has:
* Invented and designed a new anti-phishing tool. Patent submission in progress.
* Invented and designed a new model for mobile-phone based account verification. Patent submission in progress.
* Studied click-fraud from a game theoretic/incentive based perspective.
Elinor Mills at CNet says that Christopher created his bording pass site to expose loopholes in airport security:
Soghoian said he created the now-defunct Web site, which allowed people to generate fake boarding passes, to highlight flaws in the current airport security system. His house was ransacked and his computer and other equipment were seized by federal officials last week.
Pretty impressive resume, but I wonder how Google will react and if Soghoian’s legal problems will harm his career path.
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Benjamin Lindelof on Nov 6, 2006 at 2:47 pm
Why does this happen? Because of the whining, silly!
Airlines whine that their system can be easily hacked. Federal officials whine. Everyone whines about it.
That’s how people deal with technology. B!tch and moan, all day long.
This guy deserves to get paid for finding this breach in boarding pass security. He deserves kudos. Doing otherwise proves my point.
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