V440 SA had reportedly filed criminal complaints against not only Zielinksi's blog but also against Niebezpiecznik and Zaufana Trzecia Strona, two other Polish IT security blogs, claiming that the three were working as part of an "organized criminal group."
Since the company is filing a criminal complaint, then it's an admission from the company that the product did have a security flaw.
Otherwise, they'd only be suing for defamation and libel.
Depends on the legal system, definition and method of persecution of libel and defamation. It differs from country to country.
USA and UK tried to make the rest of the world switch to their model where defamation and libel are purely civil matter. While there was a movement in the late 90es and 2000s, that has been rolled back now in most countries. Defamation and libel in a lot of countries have been re-criminalized. The laws have been amended for the Internet age as well. Not sure where Poland stands on
Lesson Learned (Score:5, Insightful)
Next time just sell the "Security Issue" to "hackers" instead of the whole bother of reporting the issue.
Re:Lesson Learned (Score:5, Insightful)
V440 SA had reportedly filed criminal complaints against not only Zielinksi's blog but also against Niebezpiecznik and Zaufana Trzecia Strona, two other Polish IT security blogs, claiming that the three were working as part of an "organized criminal group."
Since the company is filing a criminal complaint, then it's an admission from the company that the product did have a security flaw.
Otherwise, they'd only be suing for defamation and libel.
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USA and UK tried to make the rest of the world switch to their model where defamation and libel are purely civil matter. While there was a movement in the late 90es and 2000s, that has been rolled back now in most countries. Defamation and libel in a lot of countries have been re-criminalized. The laws have been amended for the Internet age as well. Not sure where Poland stands on
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That's about as much a "lesson" as saying one should smash windows and grab stuff due to high prices. Yeah, that'll teach them.
Re: Lesson Learned (Score:2)
It's more like jiggling the door to find it unlocked, then passing that info to thieves.
Re: Lesson Learned (Score:1)