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IT consultant in Germany fined for exposing shoddy security (www.theregister.com)
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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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[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 5 points 10 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.