Eric McCarty personifies case law in the field of computer systems vulnerability disclosure. He hacked into the online admission system at the University of Southern California. McCarty says he had no malicious intent and never used any of the records he compromised for personal gain. The university’s admission site shut down for 10 days, and soon McCarty faced charges for sharing data without authority to do so. As he prepares for six months of home detention, he says it’s a permanent stain on his record.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2121174/interview-with-eric-mccarty.html