“NULL” vanity plate hack to dodge parking tickets backfires to the tune of $12,000

A US security researcher called Droogie thought he’d come up with the perfect wheeze to avoid being fined by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) – he bought a personalised license plate which we believed would mess with the DMV’s database.

The name on Droogie’s vanity plate? “NULL”

Graham Cluley