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I 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 goi
by sph 4y ago
I 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 4y 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 4y 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.