Man fined for publishing a vulnerability

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Mr. Guillaume Tena was fined in French court yesterday a suspended fine of 5.000 Euros for publishing a vulnerability and a proof-of-concept exploit for antivirus software made by Tegam International.</p><p align="justify">We mentioned this case in our weblog some time ago and now the criminal case has been closed. A suspended fine means Mr. Tena has to pay 5000€ if he continues to publish more information on the topic.

Tegam international is proceeding with a civil case worth 900.000€ against Mr. Tena.</p><p align="justify">More info from K-OTik (in French, of course).

On 09/03/05 At 07:10 AM</p>

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