Re:Ask HN: Does GDPR force companies to disclosure security ...
by bausshf on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @09:12AM
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Finding a security vulnerability and reporting it does not count as a data breach, because the data has not been misplaced, misused and/or other similar activities.
However the vulnerability itself could be used to cause a data breach, but in case of someone reporting it then it's not a data breach, considering they didn't abuse the data through the vulnerability.
It's no different than your QA testing an application and noticing that there is a data leak during test etc.
However the vulnerability itself could be used to cause a data breach, but in case of someone reporting it then it's not a data breach, considering they didn't abuse the data through the vulnerability.
It's no different than your QA testing an application and noticing that there is a data leak during test etc.