Tag: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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When good-faith hacking gets people arrested, with Harley Geiger: Lock and Code S03E14
When Lock and Code host David Ruiz talks to hackers—especially good-faith hackers who want to dutifully report any vulnerabilities they …
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DOJ Announces It Won’t Prosecute White Hat Security Researchers
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Supreme Court revives LinkedIn case to protect user data from web scrapers
The Supreme Court has given LinkedIn another chance to stop a rival company from scraping personal information from users’ public …
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US Supreme Court restricts broad scope of CFAA law
Today, the US Supreme Court restricted the scope of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after overturning the conviction of a Georgia …
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Supreme Court narrows Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Misusing access not quite the same as breaking in
The US Supreme Court on Thursday limited the scope of the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in a ruling that found a former sergeant …
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Finance Giant Plaid Paid People $500 for their Employer Payroll Logins
Companies across the U.S. use a selection of different payroll services, such as Workday or …
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Finance Giant Plaid Paid People $500 for their Workplace Logins
Companies across the U.S. use a selection of different payroll services, such as Workday or …
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What’s at stake in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Van Buren vs. United States, the landmark case over the Computer Fraud and Abuse …
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The Supreme Court will hear its first big CFAA case
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday in a case that could lead to sweeping changes to America’s controversial computer hacking …
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Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play
Mega-big online gaming company Ubisoft, maker of mega-hit games including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Just Dance and Tom Clancy’s …
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Stalkerware’s legal enforcement problem
Content warning: This piece contains brief descriptions of domestic violence and assault against women and …
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LinkedIn can’t block public profile data scraping, court rules
An appeals court has told LinkedIn to back off – no more interfering with a third-party data-analytics startup’s use of the publicly …
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