'The writing and distribution of the tool is the offense.'
-- Scotland Yard
'T0rn' Arrest Alarms White Hats


"If they're arresting guys just for writing tools, that's pretty frightening," says Steve Manzuik, co-moderator of the VulnWatch security mailing list. "I guess anyone who's written a security type tool should be concerned if this is going to become the next trend."

-If you haven't noticed, they are starting to run out of people to point fingures at, and the increase of skript kiddies that only know how to run code is starting to lead to the fingers being pointed at the original programmer of these suspected tools. Do you feel that this may be the next big trend?