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U.S. Supreme Court declines to review computer hacking cases

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Dissent

Andrew Chung reports:

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a growing controversy over who can give permission to access a computer, a debate that goes to the core of what constitutes hacking in this era of widespread use of the internet and social media.

The justices turned away two cases over whether it is a violation of federal anti-hacking law for account holders to give a third party access to a computer system they do not own themselves. In doing so, they left in place a lower court ruling that went against a Cayman Islands company in a dispute with Facebook Inc (FB.O), and another against a California-based executive recruiter.

Read more on Reuters.

h/t, InfoWarrior


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