St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist cleared of hacking charge

Stefan Mileschin · 15th February 2022, 07:30

Republican Governor Mike Parson didn’t know what he was talking about

A while ago we reported how St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist was threatened with arrest by Republican Governor Mike Parson for doing his job, now it turns out that the cops have cleared the journalist of any wrongdoing.

The hack found that more than 100,000 Social Security numbers of Missouri teachers were revealed in the HTML code of a state web site. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's reporter informed the state government and delayed publishing his findings until they'd fixed the hole. That was not enough for state governor Mike Parson who felt that pointing out holes in the State’s website security was illegal and he demanded that the hack be charged with hacking.

In the months that followed, throughout a probe — which for some reason was run by the state's Highway Patrol — the governor had continued to suggest that prosecution of that reporter was imminent.

https://fudzilla.com/news/54370-st-l...hacking-charge

15th February 2022, 07:30	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,652	St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist cleared of hacking charge Republican Governor Mike Parson didn’t know what he was talking about A while ago we reported how St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist was threatened with arrest by Republican Governor Mike Parson for doing his job, now it turns out that the cops have cleared the journalist of any wrongdoing. The hack found that more than 100,000 Social Security numbers of Missouri teachers were revealed in the HTML code of a state web site. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's reporter informed the state government and delayed publishing his findings until they'd fixed the hole. That was not enough for state governor Mike Parson who felt that pointing out holes in the State’s website security was illegal and he demanded that the hack be charged with hacking. In the months that followed, throughout a probe — which for some reason was run by the state's Highway Patrol — the governor had continued to suggest that prosecution of that reporter was imminent. https://fudzilla.com/news/54370-st-l...hacking-charge

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