Victorian Transport Department calls cops on 16 year old for reporting bug that exposed customers' personal data

Haven’t we learned this lesson well enough yet? In the 21C, if you learn about a potential security flaw, under no circumstances should you report it to corporate security people. Remember, their job is not to safeguard data - their job is to keep their job.

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