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Teenager Charged for Nova Scotia Freedom of Information Web Portal Breach

posted by Fnord666 on Monday April 23 2018, @10:31AM   Printer-friendly
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"exec" writes:

A 19 year old teenager was charged with 'unauthorized use of a computer' after downloading over 7,000 records from the Nova Scotia Freedom-of-Information web portal. The teenager whose name has not been released, has been accused of stealing documents from the portal, with many of them being publicly accessible and redacted.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teenager-charged-for-nova-scotia-freedom-of-information-web-portal-breach/

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @03:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @03:49PM (#670774)

    too much time has passed since then. It's unlikely that the people responsible for charging the 19 year old to remember that or even recognize the similarities.

    he, at least, can be forgiven for repeating such "mistakes" of youth.