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IT consultant in Germany fined for exposing shoddy security (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 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] 52 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's disgusting. That dude brought to light a serious security issue and is being punished for it. -_-

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Let's hope the obvious lie of the company will come back to bite them in the ass.

They insinuated he could only get that password from insider knowledge, when it would literally show up for anybody with notepad.