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Hungarian “hacker” arrested for pressing F12

• x1798DE 9y ago
  Complete clickbait, and inaccurate. One could just as well say a bank robber was arrested for opening the door, because that was the first step in robbing the bank. What's worst about the idea that he was "arrested for pressing F12" is that the thing he was arrested for (finding and then reporting a bug) is completely ridiculous. Presumably they actually arrested him for utilizing the bug to buy a ticket at a huge discount ("stealing" a ticket), but of course he did it only to see if it were possible and then reported it.
  • pestaa 9y ago
    Yes, he reportedly lives in a different part of the country where the ticket can actually be used.
  • bluesign 9y ago
    Clickbait, yes. But it is kinda like ‘Hungarian bank robber arrested for opening the bank safe with hair pin’ Gives the message to the target audience perfectly.
• poizan42 9y ago
  Previous discussion with less clickbait: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14835515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14835515
• throwanem 9y ago
  > Perhaps that which differs from the average, is that I trust that I can help solve a mistake. Yeah, we all thought that once. Sooner or later somebody always shoots the messenger.