[Dragon]

Many White Hats work like this. The only thing they leave is a gentle message explaining how they got in and tips how to fix it. Both sides benefit from that. The target gains increased security, the hacker gets a more challenging target.

[Lorric]

It's the first time I've heard the term "White Hat Hacker" before.

So in a nutshell, I guess it comes down to "what hat do you wear?"

[Rodo]

Isn't there one that says "I wuv bacon" for me?

Anyways, the guy that made this airgap-jumper piece of soft must be a genius.
That or have enough time to spare.

[yuezhi]

Lulzsec now sounds like cavemen.

[Phantom Hoover]

lulzsec were always cavemen, they were just cavemen who happened to be a convenient focal point for press alarmism

[Bobboau]

please tell me those are reversible.

[BloodEagle]

It's the first time I've heard the term "White Hat Hacker" before.

So in a nutshell, I guess it comes down to "what hat do you wear?"
[...]

There are three hats (IIRC) to hacking:  White hat, red hat, and black hat.  Think D&D Alignment.

[AdmiralRalwood]

Gray hat; red hat is a company/linux distro.

[Ghostavo]

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/researcher-skepticism-grows-over-badbios-malware-claims/

It seems the researcher might have been too paranoid.

[Rodo]

Well well, not really that surprised by this.

[TwentyPercentCooler]

This sounds like a terrible "hacker" movie where Hollywood writers show off their ignorance, and yet...it's plausible.

If there actually are things like this "in the wild," can you imagine the kind of **** that's still in a lab, not quite ready to destroy things yet? That's a bit scary.

[An4ximandros]

Well if this thing was real, we would have likely faced a Cylon virus attack.

[Mikes]

Well if this thing was real, we would have likely faced a Cylon virus attack.

If all it does is annoy some researcher in a lab for 3 years without breaking out ....