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Police blotter: Ex-employee faces suit over file deletion

March 10, 2006 International Airport Centers sues former employee, saying use of secure file deletion utility violates hacking laws. Court agrees. TAGS: Police Blotter, Richard Posner, Computer Fraud, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, authorization, deletion, hacking, transmission, Apple Mac OS X, open source, laptop computer

Bug hunters face online-apps dilemma

April 13, 2007 Security holes in online applications may go unreported because well-intended hackers don't want to risk going to jail. TAGS: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Web application, dilemma, hacker, chief technology officer, law, Web 2.0, security company, security, vulnerability, professor, bug, PC

Police blotter: Sysadmin loses e-intrusion case

January 13, 2006 Appeals court upholds sentence of former system administrator who deleted his colleague's account after losing his job. TAGS: Aventis, Police Blotter, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, computer security, conviction, Missouri, computer system, evidence, IBM Corp., system administrator, fine, security

FAQ: Wi-Fi mooching and the law

July 8, 2005 Is it legal to use another's network without asking? Is it OK to share your own network? It's not always clear. TAGS: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, IEEE 802.1X, Wi-Fi, law, prosecutor, wireless network, professor, DSL, Verizon Communications, monitoring
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