Mayor said data was unusable to criminals; researcher proved otherwise.
City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2046614
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2046614
Mayor said data was unusable to criminals; researcher proved otherwise.
2 Comments
assembly@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
How do these people even navigate life if they are blaming the security researcher for using public tools to download data from a public site? Is it “hacking” because the URl looks “funny” and ends in .onion?
OppositeOfOxymoron@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 2y
Upvoting for Streisand Effect. ;)