Keeper: Complaint about the publication of the vulnerability

Η Keeper, develops a password management software s, and the we had mentioned in our previous publication, not so flattering, since its software has been found to have vulnerabilities that allow the users of the application to be stolen.Keeper

So the Chicago-based company, after the of publications that blame its product, allegedly filed a lawsuit against the reporter who revealed the vulnerability.

Dan Goodin, who is in charge Ars Technica security expert, is named as a defendant in the lawsuit filed Tuesday by Keeper Security.

He is accused of "false and misleading statements" about the company's password manager.

Goodin's story, released Dec. 15, said Google security chief Tavis Ormandy revealed a vulnerability that allowed "any website to steal any password."

Goodin was one of the first to publish the news with vulnerability.

The company Keeper reports on which testified that Goodin and his employer, the website Ars Technica, which is also a defendant, “made false and misleading statements about the Keeper software application, suggesting that it had a 16-month-old bug that allowed websites to steal user passwords. "

The security company filed a lawsuit for defamation and also required the revocation and deletion of the article as well as a compensation.

Of course several security experts and Twitter researchers have condemned the lawsuit.

"It's bullying and Goodin is [definitely] in the top 1 percent [of] experienced journalists," said Matthieu Suiche, founder of Comae , μιας εταιρείας ασφαλείας που εδρεύει στο , in a tweet.

"If Keeper Security believes this will make their software more secure, it will irreparably damage their reputation as a security company," he added.

Kim Zetter, a freelance security journalist, tweeted that the lawsuit was "ridiculous".

"It's a bad precedent for one security and dishonest way to treat a journalist who has been covering security events for years," he added.

Mention that we are very skeptical about whether the outcome of the decision will be in favor of Keeper…

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