News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on 18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-Ticket system. Parent comment

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.

[ Parent | on HN ]
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.
[ Parent | on HN ]
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.
[ Parent | on HN ]