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Simon:
The 21-year-old hacker who wrote the first iPhone worm has landed a job... developing software for the iPhones!

Ashley Towns wrote Ikee, a self-propagating program that changed the phone's wallpaper to a picture of 80s pop singer Rick Astley.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8380265.stm

Rik:
It often happens, and I think it's a smart move.

sam:
yeah exactly - employ these people and get them working on security.

Simon:
How do you think the anti virus software firms get their staff?  I won't go into semantics.  ;)

sam:

--- Quote from: Simon on November 29, 2009, 19:50 ---How do you think the anti virus software firms get their staff?  I won't go into semantics.  ;)

--- End quote ---

well yes... some might say that they are already their staff...

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