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Legal experts wary of MySpace hacking charges
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2008-05-16

On October 16, 2006, 13-year-old Megan Meier fled from her family's computer, distraught over the cutting comments of her supposed "friends" on MySpace. Twenty minutes later, the troubled teen was dead; she had hung herself in her closet.

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Legal experts wary of MySpace hacking charges 2008-06-14
Seth Morris
To explain using Megan Meier's name, this article says, "SecurityFocus has a policy of not identifying the underage victims of crimes."

It is worth pointing out that there may not be a crime, and therefore no victim, underage or not. Referring to her as a victim presupposes.

There definitely ...

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