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Appeals Court: No Hacking Required to Be Prosecuted as a Hacker — Employees may be prosecuted under a federal antihacking statute for taking computer files that they were authorized to access and using them in a manner prohibited by the company, a federal appeals court has ruled.
… hacker was sentenced to 24 months behind bars on Friday for launching a virus that infected approximately 100,000 computers worldwide and directed them to attack media outlets that carried stories about him, federal prosecutors said. The sentencing of …
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A US internet vigilante who created a computer virus to attack media outlets publishing embarrassing articles about him has been sentenced to two years in prison. Bruce Raisley, 48, was found guilty in federal court in Camden, New Jersey, last September of …
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… hacker was sentenced to 24 months behind bars on Friday for launching a virus that infected approximately 100,000 computers worldwide and directed them to attack media outlets that carried stories about him, federal prosecutors said. The sentencing of …
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