Hacking products is fun and easy but, when flaws are exposed the real world
consequences can be a mess: bankruptcies, services taken down. It's good that
Scott has the BBC backing him and his work.
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No special tools required to hack web applications, start with your browser's
developer tools and use a proxy like https://www.telerik.com/fiddler for
easier manipulate and replay requests.
If a security researcher contacts you, they don't have an agenda, they want to
help you. If they had bad intentions they would not disclose a security issue
but exploit it without you knowing.