No charges for St. Louis reporter who found Missouri state data flaw, called 'hacker' by Gov. Parson

A reporter who discovered a data flaw in a state website and was called a "hacker" by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will not face criminal charges.

Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson on Friday elected not to take action against St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Josh Renaud, who discovered that the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's website revealed teachers' social security numbers within its HTML source code, which is available to any member of the public using commonly available web browsers.

The newspaper said it alerted the agency prior to publishing a story on the matter and maintained that its reporter did not violate state law.

Parson, in a news conference following the story, labeled Renaud a "hacker" and said the state would pursue criminal prosecution. He referred the matter to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which investigated the incident and presented its case to Thompson.

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