Hacking into any live system, especially if that attack goes through other third party networks, is and should be illegal, whether it is done for profit or non-profit research. Publicity and profit should not be the motivation to go and do "research" on a widely used web-site. If your motivation is something truly "samaritan" then go and ask the web-site developers and I am sure they will grant you permission to hack their site and even set up a place where you can do that without disturbing the other visitors.

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