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EFF on cyber attack against hacktivists: CFAA for you; impunity for NSA and GCHQ

A secret GCHQ spy unit engaged in online attacks against the hacktivist groups Anonymous and LulzSec. Whether or not you support hacktivisim or believe Anonymous was in the right, one of the most worrying aspects to come out of the Snowden-leaked presentation is that if a non-government person were to have carried out such cyber attacks, then they could face jail time under the flawed Computer Fraud…
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