Tag: Michael Debono
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Malta’s top white hackers receive $20,000 reward from the Security Research Legal Defense Fund Awards
Malta’s top white hackers, who were charged with hacking a popular student app called FreeHour, but later pardoned on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, have now been awarded a $20,000 prize from the Security Legal Defense Fund Awards. You can find the press release by the SRLDF here. The students are Michael Debono, Giorgio…
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Some good news (at least)
Today, the Cabinet of Ministers is set to sign a recommendation to the President for a Presidential Pardon to the ethical hackers currently charged in Court with the Electronic Communications Act. Luke Bjon Scerri, Giorgio Grigolo and Michael Debono and their lecturer Mark Joseph Vella were charged in court after the CEO of students’ application…
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The Malta Security Services (MSS) and Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa are deliberately undermining Malta’s national security
I can not directly prove the statement above, but this is the reason I will be prompting a Magisterial Inquiry on the connections between the Malta Secret Services and the Russian security services when I land in Malta in October. However, the stories that I will be publishing here will provide a very shocking and…
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BREAKING: Malta’s top white-hat hackers charged along with their lecturer
The Police and the Attorney-General are using maximum force to prosecute and charge Malta’s top white-hat hackers for a white hacking story that was resolved privately. The charges are shocking and extremely disturbing. Whoever conjured these charges clearly intends to come down with extreme force on a group of individuals who in reality did nothing…
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No hackers for the National Cyber Security Challenge, please
Bizarre things are happening in MITA regarding the National Cyber Security Challenge. Apparently, the National Cyber Security Challenge didn’t take place in 2023 after having debuted in 2022. This year, the National Cyber Security challenge was won by Luke Bjorn Scerri along with his friends that featured in the FreeHour Malta story. Luke Bjorn Scerri,…
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Malta’s young and emerging ethical hackers have won the National Cyber Security Challenge: but were told to keep silent about it
wonReaders of this website may remember the young ethical hackers who got into trouble for finding a security flaw in a popular students’ app. Apart from finding security flaws in local apps, they are also participating in the yearly National Cyber Security Challenge organised by MITA. This year, Luke Bjorn Scerri, Giorgio Grigolo and Michael…
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Here’s the email the computer science students sent to FreeHour Malta
Much has been said and written about the FreeHour story, but I think this article by Robert Fenech sums it up really well. Fenech notes correctly, that despite the fact that FreeHour Mata was aware that no data was breached, they still went ahead and filed a report with the authorities. The reaction of the…
