Someone went off his meds and started posting to the internet.
this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2023
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Guy writes like the donald trump of software
No kidding, way to burn every bridge. Software is an amazingly small world and he just torpedoed his career if he ever decided to find a job.
I don't often read GitHub issue discussions, but that was wild.
Yeah, not smart to pissoff the infosec community..
Hilarious. The end where he talks about child trafficking and police, hahaha wtf?
I did not fully get it, either. Thr Reg comments are implying that's related to QAnon, but I'm only vaguely familiar with it, not sure it's related.
Looks like just fixing the issue would involve much less energy and negative pr
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The owner of the e-commerce store management system OpenCart has responded with hostility to a security researcher disclosing a vulnerability in the product.
This was before tagging him and another user who highlighted a session hijacking issue affecting OpenCart versions also vulnerable to the code injection flaw, validating the seriousness of Brollo's report, telling them to "FUCK OFF."
The incident bears resemblance to a similar case dating back to 2012 when members of the infosec community on a number of occasions drew OpenCart's attention to its insecure password-hashing practices.
Onlookers were forced to explain why alternatives should be implemented to increase the level of password security to an acceptable standard.
Kerr responded to users, who flagged issues surrounding the methods for generating salts and the low number of iterations of its SHA1 algorithm, initially by questioning their experience.
Main competitors include firms such as WooCommerce, Shopify, and Squarespace – all of which command a significantly greater market share compared to OpenCart, according to Statista's data.
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