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Breach case could curtail Web flaw finders
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-04-26

Security researchers and legal experts have voiced concern this week over the prosecution of an information-technology professional for computer intrusion after he allegedly breached a university's online application system while researching a flaw without the school's permission.

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In other words don't steal data? 2006-04-27
Anonymous
This guys didn't give USC some sort of free security audit. He found an SQL vulnerability, then instead of telling the USC website admins he exploited it to take other peoples data, gave that data to a third party and then bragged about it? "ihackedusc@gmail"? oooo, he's l337 then USC gets to cont...

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