So a small basically unknown company, appears to have utilized all manner of intimidation tactics, to include accusations of criminal activity, against a group of IT professionals who were merely trying to strengthen a product by identifying a vulnerability and discussing it.
If that is what a small basically unknown company is capable of doing to basically avoid embarrassment, can you imagine what a mega-corp with political power is capable of? Downright scary when you think about it.
Yet they did have advance notice before the findings were published. Whey did they not do the quick fix only after the article went live instead of moving fast as soon as they were made aware of the vulnerability?
I don't know Polish law but I hope they have a law that allows suing the company for a frivolous lawsuit so they can not only get some court award, but also recoup their legal exopenses.
It also seems a bit ludicrous that they'd sue when it was their fault the vulnerability needed to be disclosed to the public since the company refused to fix the problem when notified. If this ends up going to court, I hope somene sets up a go fund me page so we can support the defendants. I would not be surprised if we would have enough people interested in helping them defend themselves in court that it pays for all their legal expenses. Then pay to have the defendant sue for a frivolous lawsuit in the first place,
Corporate Arrogance, Amplified. (Score:5, Insightful)
So a small basically unknown company, appears to have utilized all manner of intimidation tactics, to include accusations of criminal activity, against a group of IT professionals who were merely trying to strengthen a product by identifying a vulnerability and discussing it.
If that is what a small basically unknown company is capable of doing to basically avoid embarrassment, can you imagine what a mega-corp with political power is capable of? Downright scary when you think about it.
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Re:Corporate Arrogance, Amplified. (Score:1)