[VIM] UK ISP threatens security researcher (fwd)

[security curmudgeon]

Until Steve and/or I can find a lot of spare time to write various things 
on our to-do lists regarding disclosure and vendor reaction, cross posting 
this here for our reference down the road.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gadi Evron <ge at linuxbox.org>
To: full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk
Cc: funsec at linuxbox.org
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:30:54 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [funsec] UK ISP threatens security researcher

http://www.theregister.com/2007/04/17/hackers_service_terminated/

"A 21-year-old college student in London had his internet service
terminated and was threatened with legal action after publishing details
of a critical vulnerability that can compromise the security of the ISP's
subscribers."