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by just_curioussss 3887 days ago
Imagine what would happen if serious hackers decided to go after this company. Maybe they will implement https this time.

The kid exposed a major security problem and overall helped everyone, even the company in the long term.

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They didn't use https? That will teach me not to read the article.

Talk Talk are negligent, I hope a newspaper covers that angle.

Unless he turned himself in, he didn't expose a security problem, he exploited a security problem.
He exploited and exposed it