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IT consultant in Germany fined for exposing shoddy security (www.theregister.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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IT consultant in Germany fined for exposing shoddy security::Spotting a plaintext password and using it in research without authorization deemed a crime

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Having just implemented compliance with the new EU whistle blower regulations... this sounds illegal to me? Not sure what the judge is smoking, but this is going to be challenged in the E.U. courts at least.