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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 2003-09-01
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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