> The Wiz Research team immediately and responsibly disclosed the issue to DeepSeek, which promptly secured the exposure
>The Department of Justice today announced the revision of its policy regarding charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
The policy for the first time directs that good-faith security research should not be charged. Good faith security research means accessing a computer solely for purposes of good-faith testing, investigation, and/or correction of a security flaw or vulnerability, where such activity is carried out in a manner designed to avoid any harm to individuals or the public, and where the information derived from the activity is used primarily to promote the security or safety of the class of devices, machines, or online services to which the accessed computer belongs, or those who use such devices, machines, or online services.
Then again, it's my opinion that "law" isn't "law" if one has enough lawyers
And yes, it's posturing if you wax on from such a pedestal without even reading the first paragraph of the article, which addresses your legitimate concerns.
DeepSeek & users that had data exposed here should be thanking Wiz.
They are getting DoS’d by us gov too so they were only trying to help /s
I did the same a while ago, an education platform startup had their web server misconfigured, I could clone their repo locally because .git was accessible. I immediately sent them an email from a throwaway account in case they wanted to get me in trouble and informed them about the configuration issues. They thanked me for the warning and suggestions, and even said they could get me a job at their company.
Likewise, there may be Chinese laws were violated. However, outside of China they are a moot point.
Wiz folks are notoriously shady. They cross the line a ton. They did this to Amazon and Microsoft to make a name among other. Super unethical.
Their product isn't terrible but their sales people are just terrible. Completely off-putting. Most of them are idiots from zscaler.
If you do this and the company you're conducting your "research" on hasn't given you permission in some form, you can get yourself in a lot of hot water under the CFAA in the USA and other laws around the world.
Please don't follow this example. Sign up for a bug bounty program or work directly with a company to get permission before you probe and access their systems, and don't exceed the access granted.