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I work for a few a cities in Europe, and happen to know one of the cities had a site with an sql injection issue. An external person found and let the city know
by toshk 6y ago
I work for a few a cities in Europe, and happen to know one of the cities had a site with an sql injection issue. An external person found and let the city know but didn't want to reveal the specifics before getting money. The city has no bounty program and for some people in the City it came across as if the guy was distorting them. The guy probably felt like he didn't get money for his work. Probably both have a point. In the end it got resolved.
- lovasoa 6y agoThe guy has no reason to expect a reward if the city has no bug bounty program. They could just sue him.
- LegitShady 6y agoWhat are their damages? He's not required to disclose their security vulnerabilities to them. It's his work not theirs.
- high_density 6y agoI think lovasoa is pointing out what could happen in real-life, not 'what should happen morally/ethically/etc'.
- murphy1312 6y agoif he was smart, then he said nothing that sounds like blackmail. but you could say, for example, that I have to settle the expense of reproducing it and writing it down properly or something similar.
- Chris2048 6y agosue him for what? Discovering an exploit without disclosing the details?
- lovasoa 6y agoIt depends on the country, but in France for instance, there is a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a 15000€ fine just for "fraudulently accessing a data processing system", or trying to do so even if you don't succeed.
- Chris2048 6y agoAnd they'll prove that without knowing what the exploit is?
- jessaustin 6y agos/distort/extort/
- toshk 6y agoYes right. Apologies.