My understanding (disclaimer, not a lawyer) would be yes this would be a violation. However the group of people who connect to random MySQL servers is going to

My understanding (disclaimer, not a lawyer) would be yes this would be a violation. However the group of people who connect to random MySQL servers is going to be almost exclusively black-hat. This would be akin to "But officer he stole my drugs", sure they committed a crime but in reporting it you implicated yourself.