http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/19/dutch_mp_ethical_hacking_fine/ By John Leyden The Register 19th February 2013 A Dutch MP has been fined €750 (£650, $1,000) after he was convicted of illegally accessing the systems of a Dutch medical laboratory. Henk Krol claims he only accessed the systems of Diagnostics for You in order to expose sloppy security practices. The MP, who is the leader of Dutch minority pensioners party, 50plus, used a login and password that he had obtained from a patient at the clinic in April last year to access and download medical files relating to several people. The patient had apparently overheard the login information from a member of staff. The journalist and politician informed the laboratory about its inadequate security, and presented redacted copies of the medical information he had obtained. He also reported the incident to local TV station Omroep Brabant, carrying out an on-air demonstration of the lab's lax security practices during which medical records were again accessed. Krol, former editor-in-chief of the newspaper Gay Krant, hacked into the system just months before he was elected to the Dutch parliament last September. The politician told the court that he had acted as a journalist and ethical hacker at the time of the breach. [...] ______________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News Security Bookstore Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Feb 19 2013 - 23:10:12 PST
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