For others: The ad claims that the news outlet that published the fact that the state website had teacher SSNs was part of the "fake news media" exploiting privacy for political gains.

Apparently the SSNs were embedded in the pages html. The ad makes it sound like a huge reverse-engineering job.

"the hacker[/journalist] decoded the HTML source code" and must be prosecuted.

I can't believe what I just watched.

The two situations aren’t really comparable. The ABC, or the minister responsible for selecting it’s CEO (it’s owned and funded by the gov as a corporate entity, but not run by it) would be laughed out of the room if they suggested that the author should be charged.