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I am a lawyer and my field do cross this area which the events have transpired

I am a lawyer and my field do cross this area which the events have transpired. First, yes, everyone should acknowledge that this matter has been handled poorly by their corporate in-house and external lawyers. These should not have happened. The company should face consequences. I advise my data controller corporate clients to reach out to the reporter/whistleblower immediately and have the IT team collaborate, at the very least talk to the person to effectively replicate the exploit so it can be thoroughly fixed. There should even be procedures on how this should be handled. I understand from the article that this is not how it's so done. However, I feel obligated to note some different aspects, all of which are absolutely not intended to condone how this company handled the situation. I want to re-iterate; they should have handled it better. Things to note; 1. They might have already reached out to the data privacy board. …

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> 3. Sadly, your e-mail, especially the line below is actually a threat that is actionable under many EU juristictions; I suppose the choice of words is the problem here? How should one announce an embargo period?

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> You cannot disclose this to public. Even with good intentions. Bullshit, NIS 2 article 12 specifically says CSIRTs must coordinate the negotiation of a disclosure timeline between reporter and provider. I'd say offering a 30 day embargo while CC'ing the relevant CSIRT is the start of such negotiation from the reporter. My biggest doubt about this story, LLM writing aside, is the lack of mention of a CSIRT follow up.

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