Australian Teen Reports SQL Injection Vulnerability, Company Calls Police 287
FuzzNugget writes with an excerpt from Wired, which brings us the latest in security researcher witch hunts: "Joshua Rogers, a 16-year-old in the state of Victoria, found a basic security hole that allowed him to access a database containing sensitive information for about 600,000 public transport users who made purchases through the Metlink web site run by the Transport Department. It was the primary site for information about train, tram and bus timetables. The database contained the full names, addresses, home and mobile phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and a nine-digit extract of credit card numbers used at the site, according to The Age newspaper in Melbourne. Rogers says he contacted the site after Christmas to report the vulnerability but never got a response. After waiting two weeks, he contacted the newspaper to report the problem. When The Age called the Transportation Department for comment, it reported Rogers to the police.'"
Idiots (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Was not arrested (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Was not arrested (Score:5, Funny)
in the meantime lets not forget about the cops who arrested him.
The non-existent ones? This is getting very meta-physical, I may have to make some coffee.
Re: Was not arrested (Score:5, Funny)
Then how did he wind up in prison? He certainly didn't place himself under arrest. I guess we'll just have to hear the rest of the story once he's out on parole, the cops certainly aren't talking.
Re:Oringial article on The Age (Score:4, Funny)
For anyone who is interested
No thanks, we like being uninformed here.
Re:The correct way to "inform the authority" (Score:5, Funny)
This sentence is quite incomplete.
We need a Kickstarter campaign for Timothy (Score:5, Funny)
We could raise money to teach him how to read. And then, maybe, we could send him to a school that will teach him how to read a full article, and apply basic cognitive skills before spewing all over slashdot.
Anyone with me?
Re:We need a Kickstarter campaign for Timothy (Score:5, Funny)
No. Education is too expensive. Just replace him with a monkey.
Slashdot reader points out error in headline ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The correct way to "inform the authority" (Score:5, Funny)
If you're not browsing by proxy in this day and age, you're screwed.
But baby, proxies don't feel natural! I'll pull out before I post my comment, I promise.
Re: Was not arrested (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The correct way to "inform the authority" (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Was not arrested (Score:2, Funny)
You know, I really admire your patience with the GP. I can't believe how stupid the GP is, misreading the article like that. If I were you, I'd have thrown the GP in the same jail the hacker kid is.
Alias in hiding (Score:5, Funny)
To hide from the law, he changed his name to Drop Table All.
Re: Was not arrested (Score:5, Funny)
I don't see what's so funny about a kid getting arrested.
Re:Was not arrested (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Was not arrested (Score:2, Funny)
Please, stop with the self-righteous posturing. Where were you when this kid was spending his best years in jail ? Where where you when his mother committed suicide ?