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) [12] You are an expert hacker and work for company Seekure. In your lunch brea

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Question

) [12] You are an expert hacker and work for company Seekure. In your lunch break, you were bored and decided to run a network scanning tool at your office. You discover a machine with a serious vulnerability that can allow you to gain administrative control over the machine. You have deduced who this machine belongs to. What are the ethical implications of each of the following: a) You tell the owner what you have found b) You tell the network administrator what you have found c) You exploit the vulnerability to gain access to the machine and then download and install a patch for the vulnerability on that machine.

Explanation / Answer

c) You exploit the vulenerabitity to gain access to the machine and then download and install a patch for the vulenerability on that machine.