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Court charges dev with hacking after cybersecurity issue disclosure (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub
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[–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well if that isn’t a great way to ensure nobody comes forward when they find major vulnerabilities, idk what is.

Hope he wins the appeal.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    It looks like the charges are from using the credentials they found not just for finding them. It's definitely a crap charge because logging into the DB exposed the wider issue of being able to access other customers records.

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