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by dacort 5567 days ago
As a former web application security guy, and now developer, identifying and disclosing vulnerabilities on websites is still very much a troubled area. Most companies don't have proper security@ email addresses set up or monitored, and still don't take kindly to vulns being reported.

That said, publicly disclosing a flaw in addition to defacing the website, even temporarily, is certainly not a classy way to go about it.