Re:Student hacks high school software and finds “SQL injecti...
by tastroder on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:54AM
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> as a hedge to his burgeoning career in the security industry.
Other people at that age want to be astronauts, do you yell at them if they look at the sky?
> He put people's jobs on the line
Incompetence put those people's job on the line. But given the state of that industry I find that statement unlikely.
> and caused grave embarrassment to the school district for his own selfish motives.
The kid was curious, end of story. It's not their fault that a particular industry is both used by people at a curious age and prone to be crapware insecure.
You seem to attribute some criminal motivation to this behaviour, I highly suggest you read through other threads here and hopefully come to the realization that this is normal behaviour for tech-savvy kids. Villanizing this not only leads to absolutely unnecessary problems for kids like that in school, it's a token of unproductive reactions to disclosures we see everywhere these days. These people do you a favor, a responsible disclosure by a curious party is far preferrable than real criminals exploiting them.
Other people at that age want to be astronauts, do you yell at them if they look at the sky?
> He put people's jobs on the line
Incompetence put those people's job on the line. But given the state of that industry I find that statement unlikely.
> and caused grave embarrassment to the school district for his own selfish motives.
The kid was curious, end of story. It's not their fault that a particular industry is both used by people at a curious age and prone to be crapware insecure.
You seem to attribute some criminal motivation to this behaviour, I highly suggest you read through other threads here and hopefully come to the realization that this is normal behaviour for tech-savvy kids. Villanizing this not only leads to absolutely unnecessary problems for kids like that in school, it's a token of unproductive reactions to disclosures we see everywhere these days. These people do you a favor, a responsible disclosure by a curious party is far preferrable than real criminals exploiting them.