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TexasTowelie

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2. Hackers do not identify themselves specifically to avoid criminal prosecution.

Reply to Dark n Stormy Knight (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 15, 2021, 04:48 AM

Oct 2021

The governor just provided a reason for people working in good conscience to come forward if they discover an issue like this reporter did. The reporter and the newspaper provided a valuable service, yet the governor is so stupid that he wants to punish them instead.

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Missouri governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP

... Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2021 #1

Hackers do not identify themselves specifically to avoid criminal prosecution. TexasTowelie Oct 2021 #2

Yep. Yet another idiotic & harmful move by a Republican governer Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2021 #3

The only hack involved in the story is Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #4

A good description. gordianot Oct 2021 #5

Damn straight! Like when I punched out the plumber who told me I had a leaky pipe. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #6