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McAfee Grabbed Data Without Paying, Says Open Source Vulnerability Database

Posted by timothy on from the but-don't-say-they-didn't-ask dept.

mask.of.sanity (1228908) writes with this excerpt from The Register: "'Intel security subsidiary McAfee may be in hot water after it allegedly scraped thousands of records from the Open Source Vulnerability Database instead of paying for them. The slurp was said to be conducted using fast scripts that rapidly changed the user agent, and was launched after McAfee formally inquired about purchasing a license to the data.' Law experts say the site's copyright could be breached by individuals merely downloading the information in contravention to the site's policies, and did not require the data to be subsequently disseminated."

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  1. McAfee in trouble by jeffmeden · · Score: 4, Funny

    "McAfee Grabbed Data Without Paying, Says Open Source Vulnerability Database"

    Smash and grab? I bet he is hiding out in Ecuador.

  2. My data by StripedCow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi, MS programmer here. I caused most of those vulnerabilities, so actually it is MY data.

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    If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.