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Dutch MP Fined For Ethical Hacking

Posted by Soulskill on from the dutch-politicians-apparently-have-skills dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Dutch Member of Parliament (MP) Henk Krol was fined 750 (US$1,000) by the district court of Oost-Brabant on Friday for breaking and entering the system of the Dutch medical laboratory Diagnostics for You. Krol said he entered the system as an ethical hacker to show that it was easy to access and download confidential medical information. Krol, leader of the Dutch 50plus party, accessed the systems of the laboratory with a login and password he had obtained from a patient of the clinic, who in turn had overheard the information at the laboratory from a psychiatrist that worked there ... In April last year, Krol used the login information to enter the company's Web server and subsequently viewed and downloaded medical files of several patients. He did this to prove how easy it was to get access to the systems, according to the ruling (PDF in Dutch).'"

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  1. Showoff Gets Off Easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So this putz uses a stolen password to steal confidential documents. He claims that this is ethical hacking?

    He's not exposing some inherent weakness in the system, he's using a stolen password to steal documents to showoff his "1337" skillz.

    1. Re:Showoff Gets Off Easy by plalonde2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And on top of it, the fine is reasonable for what amounts to civil disobedience. It might or might not have been the way to protest, but the fine isn't insane, either way.

    2. Re:Showoff Gets Off Easy by X0563511 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I like this judge. Seems like sound reasoning to me all around, and the sentencing seems entirely fair.

      Can we get this judge to come work in the US? Pretty please?

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  2. Thats how civilized countries do it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No 10 million euro claims for damages, no 15 year sentences for terrorism and definitely no FOX news fear-mongering the ignorant masses.