[fw-wiz] SecurePoint Loses Business Partner Over Hacker Hire

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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:00:02 -0500

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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