Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found security flaw in state site

Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by andrewflnr on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:20PM (#28948771)

Interesting interpretation. However, what the reporter did is pretty analogous to finding a classified document on the ground, looking at the first couple pages to see if they were legit, then informing the correct authorities before writing a news story. Which is still something you want to encourage, and is insane to prosecute.

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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by cratermoon on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:46PM (#28949191)

I was sort of under the impression that in the story the reporter wrote about how to access the SSNs, which is a bit more than just flipping through the pages, and in the security-by-decree point of view that might be prosecutable.

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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by resoluteteeth on Saturday October 23, 2021 @11:01PM (#28974559)

Only after waiting for them to fix it

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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by sam0x17 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:50PM (#28949238)

Insane, yes, but if you also don't like that reporter for X reason, the laws around classified information do unfortunately allow prosecution in that sort of case.

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