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by immibis 286 days ago
Also "Oh, you hacked us? We'll call the police right away. You're going to jail." - followed by you actually going to jail for many years. Sometimes, anonymous, public, uncoordinated disclosure actually leads to the best security outcome in the long run, since security researchers in jail isn't that.
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Yes. I live in a state where a journalist reported a Department of Education system leaking teacher SSNs and the governor sent state troopers after him.

Doing the right thing can be awfully unpleasant.