IT consultant fined for daring to expose shoddy security
January 19, 2024 at 01:52AM A German security researcher was fined €3,000 for uncovering an e-commerce database vulnerability affecting almost 700,000 customer records. The contractor, Hendrik H., discovered a plain-text password stored in a program file, providing potential access to customer data. Despite initial court support, the Jülich District Court later fined him under Germany’s … Read more