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Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence
Al,
Sorry, I should have been a little more clear about what I meant. I understand this was an issue with the D-Link robot AP firmware. What I meant is when did the individual themselves find this issue, and when did he prove to himself the existence of this issue with the firmware.
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The problem is that other people might have also discovered it through independent means (as Al has acknowledged and I have mentioned word got around prior to Einstein that something might be a problem with the A version of the 1522 so they would have a place to start looking).
More importantly even if you find out this person is the tip of the iceberg, who is to say how straight an answer we'll get about the rest of the story.
Plus if we assume that someone was using it to cheat we'd have to assume they'd not be so silly to get caught otherwise it's of no value to cheat. This person knew that other people were aware of what they might be capable of. Logically all suspicion would flow to this person. It's not the best way to cheat and not get caught.
As others have written, maybe the individual feared the use of this attack against their interests (it doesn't matter either way with regards to their involvement).
With all the other issues I don't think we'll ever know the full extent of how much the 2 wireless issues could have contributed.