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I guess the people cheering this have not lived in Europe. Typically what happens is that some of the local hackers who naively trust the state and disclose th
by trompetenaccoun 3y ago
I guess the people cheering this have not lived in Europe. Typically what happens is that some of the local hackers who naively trust the state and disclose their hacks will have the book thrown at them. Either on the basis of an inconsequential technicality or because authorities arbitrarily decide the hack intended to cause harm or was not "proportionate", enabled by the vague wording of the law. Meanwhile the actual criminals who mostly aren't located in the EU to begin with get off scot-free, even if they can be tracked back to Russia or somewhere local law enforcement can do nothing about it in the majority of cases.
- sph 3y agoI live in Europe and I don't know many if any story of ethical hackers getting incarcerated. In my youth in Italy, when I dabbled in "hacking", the stories going around at the time on IRC were that if you were ever nabbed hacking a server, you would get recruited by the local cyber police force (Polizia Postale)
- guerby 3y agoFrench hacktivist bluetouff was condemned for finding and reporting that government files were left unprotected on the internet: https://www.silicon.fr/bluetouff-blogueur-condamne-recherche-google-92584.html https://www.silicon.fr/bluetouff-blogueur-condamne-recherche... 30 hours locked up in the police station, all equipment confiscated.
- mr_mitm 3y agoGerman hacktivist Lilith Wittmann was charged for responsibly disclosing a vulnerability in a server of a political party, but charges were dropped after a public outcry.
- systemtest 3y agoI once reported a leak on a government website to the National Cyber Security Centre, hoping to get a cool t-shirt out of it ("I hacked the Dutch government and all I got was this lousy t-shirt"). Turns out that system wasn't government but contracted out to the private sector. That got me into a lot of trouble since I reported a leak on a private company. Luckily I didn't get arrested or sued after explaining my intentions. I have since not disclosed anything I find. Too much of a risk.
- lucb1e 3y agoAh yes, the National Cyber Security Centre is constantly in the news for arresting and suing people that report vulnerabilities to them /s ... seriously, what?
- systemtest 3y agoIf you read my comment it will become clear to you that the National Cyber Security Centre did not have any intention of suing me, as the vulnerable system was not their responsibility. The NCSC has not been in the news for arresting people and suing them.