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Australian police investigating teen who found database flaw |
January 10, 2014
An Australian teenager who notified a public transport agency of a serious database flaw is under police investigation.Joshua Rogers, 16, of Melbourne, found a SQL injection flaw in a database owned by Public Transport Victoria (PTV), which runs the state’s transport system.The flaw allowed access to a database containing 600,000 records, including partial credit card numbers, addresses, emails, passwords, birth dates, phone numbers and senior citizen card numbers.A PTV spokeswoman said Friday police were notified as a “matter of process” because of the breach. She said she could not comment if PTV wanted to see Rogers prosecuted.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2086740/australian-police-investigating-teen-who-found-database-flaw.html#tk.rss_all
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