Talk About A Security Hole, Go To Jail?

Posted by simoniker on Monday August 18, 2003 @10:11AM from the be-vewy-vewy-careful dept.

Nu11.org writes "According to a SecurityFocus article, 'Federal prosecutors in California went too far when they put a man in prison for disclosing a website security hole to the people at risk from it.'" According to the article, "...by explaining how the vulnerability worked, and why customer data was at risk, prosecutors asserted, the security specialist 'impaired the integrity' of the affected network", citing the case of Bret McDanel and his former employer, Tornado Development, Inc. We've discussed the disclosure of software exploits recently.

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summary by kaan · 2003-08-18 10:21 · Score: 5, Funny

guy: "you're using Microsoft products, right?"
customer: "yes, that's correct"
guy: "well that's a huge security hole!"
customer: "no way! we have to keep this secret! come on Jeff, let's put this guy in jail before he tells anyone else!"