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Appeals Court: No Hacking Required to Be Prosecuted as a Hacker (David Kravets/Threat Level)

David Kravets / Threat Level:
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.

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Hacker Challenging Court Order to Surrender Computer Gear to Sony (David Kravets/Threat Level)

David Kravets / Threat Level:
Hacker Challenging Court Order to Surrender Computer Gear to Sony  —  Hacker George Hotz must surrender his computer gear to Sony next week  —  The lawyer representing a hacker who published the first major PlayStation 3 jailbreak on the internet said Sunday he would challenge …

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