A hacker in
Florida exposed security vulnerabilities in one county’s elections
web domains so officials could fix the problem — but, instead, he
ended up behind bars.
Hacker David
Michael Levin, owner of Vanguard Cybersecurity, was arrested on
Wednesday after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement received a
referral from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office after his apparently
misguided attempt to help prevent election fraud by pointing out
online vulnerabilities.
After
spending six hours in jail, where he was held on $15,000 bond, Levin
now faces three counts of gaining unauthorized access to a computer,
network, or electronic instrument — despite the fact he had not
only been doing his job, but also alerted the county to a potentially
serious security concern.
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