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Security Researcher Faces Jail For Finding Bugs

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the full-enclosure dept.

An anonymous reader writes "French security researcher Guillaume Tena, who is working at Harvard University, faces 4 months in prison after being sued by Tegam for reverse engineering its Viguard antivirus software and publishing exploit codes for a number of vulnerabilities. According to a ZDNet article, he could also be sued by Tegam for 900,000 euros in damages. More details are available (in french) on Guillaume's website and on the K-OTik's website."

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  1. FYI by daveschroeder · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just to stave off any rants, this was not US law, a US court, or a US company. He happens to be working "at Harvard" now, but this matter has apparently been taken up in France.

  2. The company's position by Beryllium+Sphere(tm) · · Score: 5, Informative

    For anyone interested, just for the sake of presenting both sides, here is the Tegam response.

  3. Re:If I break in your car... by AK+Marc · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's a condition of installing/using the software.

    But not a condition of sale, and they won't let you return the software, thus, the EULA is not a legal contract.

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