Shooting the messenger is a typical reaction both internal and external to government. This young guy should have been praised for doing the right thing and reporting it. I bet he was only reported to the police because the Minister responsible or some senior public servant was either made to look bad or would have looked bad had this information got out, that and the fact that they originally had done nothing about it after the guys first report. Government really has no idea what to do with vulnerability identification, nor does government ITS really seem to care. What will happen now is that people won’t report the vulnerabilities to their governments through fear of retribution. This is a shameful state of affairs !!! However if you knew the state of cybersecurity in Australian State government you would be truly ashamed! - Everyone should ask their state and local governments what they are doing about Information Security… we need the real answers, because after, all its your data !!!
