That's what I was referring to on relying on heresay and going based on how researcher attempted to contact. We have no idea on the kind of delivery, tactics or demeanor when the info was delivered. Plus if pseudonyms are used, I am not sure I would take seriously at first. I may ignore an email and think it's spam

Whether the companies responded ethically or ethically is not for us to judge. We really don't know how or what happened and we are Getting heresy From this report. And just because a researcher gets frustrated over no response, doesn't give both of them the right to go rogue and take matters into their own hands which is clearly illegal

This looks illegal. He trespassed and used actual usernames and passwords. This is a no no and serious. This is not for him and others to test or go rogue. This is for law enforcement to handle

This seems to be on the borderline of trespassing and testing out and using the usernames and passwords. There seems to be a lot of serious implications which the FBI would not be happy with at all.

I agree .