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Re:Mastercard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years by cedws on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @01:26PM (#42795934)
Mastercard should be heavily fined for this. And I mean really heavily, like some percentage, or fraction of a percentage of global revenue. That's how you get them to take security seriously.
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Re:Mastercard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years by josh_cutler on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @01:32PM (#42795994)
By who?
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Re:Mastercard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years by imtringued on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:35PM (#42796620)
According to German law, a competitor (possibly Visa) can sue a company for uncompetitive behaviour that has the potential to affect the consumer negatively.

This means that at least in theory a security researcher could work as a contractor at a competing firm to then let their legal department send a cease and desist letter and demand recouperation of the legal fees including the money paid to the security researcher to find the vulnerability.

Anyone who quotes me on this in their court case is an idiot.

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