This is quite old news from 2005. The man in question donated to the tsunami fund, didn't see a confirmation page, and fearing a phising scam, ran a couple of

This is quite old news from 2005. The man in question donated to the tsunami fund, didn't see a confirmation page, and fearing a phising scam, ran a couple of security tests against the site. Total fine: 400 GBP plus 600 GBP costs: http://www.zdnet.com/tsunami-appeal-site-hacker-found-guilty-3039226548/ http://www.zdnet.com/tsunami-appeal-site-hacker-found-guilty... I haven't been able to found any details about what "security tests" were run against the site, but the UK's computer misuse act appears to be quite clear about it: if you're not authorised to access something, you've broken the law.