> It's not, in most juridictions at least

What did I miss they did that's illegal? It looked like it downloaded a public docker image, searched around inside, and verified that the key it found was still valid (without making any changes), and then immediately notified them about the issue.

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nrmitchi an hour ago | parent | next [-]

They "validated that the key was valid" by iterating internal repositories and listing the contents of said repos and poking around at what they do/are-for, including, apparently, iterating through customer lists/information.

The white-hat line stops at "validated the key was valid". It does not extend to "poking around inside to extract business-confidential customer information".

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dwedge 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If there is anything that was a crime (and it totally depends on jurisdiction), it was verifying the key. They used it to see what it could access, and by using it they had unauthorised access to a system

	▲	fragmede 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The CFAA is broad enough to make that a crime.

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IshKebab 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

People have been arrested for far less. I dunno what the least offensive conviction has been though tbf. Anyone know?