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throw-away-521 | 8 years ago | on: Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack

Comments like this are why people stop reading the comment section.

throw-away-521 | 8 years ago | on: The FCC.gov Website Lets You Upload Malware Using Its Own Public API Key

It isn't similar to dressing up a cop. It would be similar to dressing up as one, going to the police station, and telling people that they were a cop. Then trying to explain that it was only a joke and they didn't think people would believe them.

throw-away-521 | 8 years ago | on: The FCC.gov Website Lets You Upload Malware Using Its Own Public API Key

He published a document[1] on their website with the letter head of the FCC, signed as the FCC. He was trying to impersonate the FCC. There were plenty of other things he could have posted to show off the vulnerability, without the worry of legal trouble.

[1]: https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/DOC-578d579d1f000000-A.pdf