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That's democracy in action!
That's democracy in action!
Someone alerts you to exposed, unencrypted patient information on your FTP server. Is the correct response to thank them profusely or try to have them charged as a criminal hacker?
It is not a trick question. Once again, a security researcher has found himself facing possible prosecution under a federal statute known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). His crime, according to a dental-industry software company, was accessing what had been left publicly available on the open Internet.
Researcher discovers exposed patient information readily avail be on a public server, he tries to alert the company that the information is exposed, he gets arrested. WTF?
