Hopefully it wasn't just closed to him, but closed to everyone else too.
> Is this considered normal or ethical behavior for a security researcher?
weev did something similar (scraped 100k phone numbers from Apple, then shared them with a journalist) and was convicted and sentenced to 41 months in prison for it.
Yes, but the overturn wasn't based on urls, or scraping, or disclosure, or security, or damages, it was based on him being charged in the wrong state. The court system still thinks everything else about the case was fine.
Hopefully it wasn't just closed to him, but closed to everyone else too.
> Is this considered normal or ethical behavior for a security researcher?
weev did something similar (scraped 100k phone numbers from Apple, then shared them with a journalist) and was convicted and sentenced to 41 months in prison for it.