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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I, for one, by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-18 10:19 · Score: -1, Redundant

welcome our new DMCA overload masters. I like living in fear of my government. Really.

Brought to you by the people who named Carnivore, and then more recently named Matrix (in my home state no less). Do these people never learn? DON'T NAME YOUR SHIT AFTER OPPRESSIVE THINGS! At least DMCA was a benign name.