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Malta’s Nationalist Party tells government to stop investigating young ethical hackers

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Dissent

Matthew Farrugia reports:

The Nationalist Party has called on government to put an end to the prolonged investigation into four young ethical hackers, noting their talent is currently being wasted instead of used properly.

In 2023, Giorgio Grigolo, Michael Debono, Luke Bjorn Scerri and Luke Collins were scanning through the software of student app, FreeHour, when they found a vulnerability they say could be exploited by malicious hackers.

They emailed their findings to FreeHour’s owner and asked for a reward – or ‘bug bounty’ – for spotting the mistake. But, instead of a payoff, the University of Malta students were arrested, strip-searched and had their computer equipment seized.

Read more at Malta Today.

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