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Vulnerability Mediation – When Things Go Wrong and Who Can Help
In the summer of 2021, German researcher Lilith Wittmann found herself entangled in a criminal investigation after disclosing security findings. The ruling political party of Germany at the time, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was using mobile applications to collect public opinion information for an upcoming election. With her organization, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), Wittmann responsibly disclosed the vulnerability to the CDU, the Federal Office of Information Security, and the Berlin Data Protection Commissioner. Wittmann claimed that the vulnerability was so simple it was difficult to even call it a hack. The vulnerability exposed data on half a million German citizens ...
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