You should have heard about a student in Indiana that created an Online Boarding Pass Generator for Northwest Airlines. If not, I suggest you wake up and read the news.
Well, Boing Boing was doing their research and found the initial Blog Entry that covers the reasons behind it. After the initial release, some old Senator (Edward Markey) wanted an arrest made because of the PHP script on a website. The flaws had been pointed out numerous times, but the student made a point and allowed the world to see.
After the initial call for arrest, the FBI showed up to chat with Chris. They handed him an order to remove the Boarding Pass Generator while they where out chatting. Oddly, by the time he got back to his house, it was already removed…
