I'm not sure about this. I know various hackers, back in the day, were congratulated for their "public service" of showing vulnerabilities. The problem is that

I'm not sure about this. I know various hackers, back in the day, were congratulated for their "public service" of showing vulnerabilities. The problem is that we've to a network infrastructure that is only secure by piecemeal bug fixes and ad-hoc filtering and moved to situation where hacking is a (maximally shady) business. Will things be different with power grid and other infrastructure because lives depend on it? I don't see any indications. "The society at the stage of the integrated spectacle is characterized by five principal features: incessant technological renewal; fusion of State and economy; generalized secrecy, unanswerable lies; a perpetual present." Guy Debord, Commentaries on Society Of The Spectacle