Hacking-by-subpoena ruled illegal

Hacking-by-subpoena ruled illegal
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-08-29

Issuing an egregiously overbroad subpoena for stored e-mail qualifies as a computer intrusion in violation of anti-hacking laws, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, deciding a case in which a litigant in a civil matter subpoenaed every single piece of e-mail his courtroom adversary sent or received.

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Hacking-by-subpoena ruled illegal 2003-08-30
Anonymous

The following is from a press release posted on the Easynews.com website,

"Easynews.com was contacted by phone by the Los Angeles FBI office on Thursday afternoon, August 21st. The FBI informed Easynews.com that an individual had used the Easynews.com UseNet server to upload the SoBig.F virus on ...

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Hacking-by-subpoena ruled illegal 2003-09-01
Anonymous

So now the courts swing the other way.

At one time, they would sign such orders and compel one company to give all its e-mail to another. No matter what harm releasing that info might cause. I think it was uses against Texaco during a discrimination lawsuit. Now they could claim it would release...

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Hacking-by-subpoena ruled illegal 2003-09-02
Timothy Smith <tgsmith (at) grouch (dot) com [email concealed]>

It is the responsibility of the party seeking the information with the Court's sanction to act ethically. It is patently ludicrous to expect a service provider to function as a check against abuse of process. To go one step further, it is also ludicrous that we have reached the point that overly b...

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