City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack
City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack
Mayor said data was unusable to criminals; researcher proved otherwise.
Kinda like that jackass AG who targeted a journalist for viewing the HTML of a state site and published an article about the PII hard-coded within the web app. Don’t make us look bad!
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This effect is to get [Ross] to stop downloading and disclosing stolen criminal records to protect public safety.
Why him specifically? That's a lot of effort to stop one guy doing what literally anybody with some time and willpower could do? Surely they have bigger problems right now? Fucking pathetic.
Except most people don't have the time and willpower, and now you might be scared that you'll have to lawyer up if you want to do what he did.
I think it's still a bad strategy because it encourages journalists to share their results with a lot of other people prior to going to publication, so that judges can't issue unconstitutional gag orders.
But you can imagine what the City bosses are thinking. All they can see is the small problem in front of them and they choose the most convenient solution, totally ignoring what's legal and what the side effects will be.