18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-Ticket system

Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by nithinm on Monday July 24, 2017 @02:44AM (#14836319)

By purchasing the ticket, he was confirming the vulnerability. I am sure he knew that they would cancel the ticket when he reported it. I don't find any wrong doing here.

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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by underyx on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:44AM (#14837312)

Also, since he doesn't live in Budapest, it should be obvious he wouldn't be doing it for personal gain — he has no way to use the pass anyway, after all.

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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by StreamBright on Monday July 24, 2017 @02:56AM (#14836382)

And you think that this is going to be enough at the court?

Have a look at this list, many of them thought they are not doing anything wrong:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_criminals

The point is that we live by the law, not how you feel about a certain action. I agree that the law is a bit problematic but regardless we cannot cherrypick which law to follow and which not.

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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by kowdermeister on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:11AM (#14837171)

Yes, that should be enough. You won't get into any trouble if you break a window when the house is on fire. This time, the site was on fire.

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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by bigbugbag on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:29AM (#14836755)

The point being that he should not have been sent to court here, yet they chose to do so anyways.

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