alt Hacker News> It's not, in most juridictions at least
What did I miss they did that's illegal? It looked like it downloaded a public docker image, searched around inside, and verified that the key it found was still valid (without making any changes), and then immediately notified them about the issue.
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IshKebab • yesterday at 9:23 PM
People have been arrested for far less. I dunno what the least offensive conviction has been though tbf. Anyone know?
If there is anything that was a crime (and it totally depends on jurisdiction), it was verifying the key. They used it to see what it could access, and by using it they had unauthorised access to a system