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Well, you don't get leverage by not releasing data for no reason... However, if you're in possession of 20k FBI agents' private information, you could probably

Well, you don't get leverage by not releasing data for no reason... However, if you're in possession of 20k FBI agents' private information, you could probably contact Palestinian politicians, and they could use it in negotiations. It's valuable information to governments at war.

grkvlt 11y ago
And then your crime goes from (mere) 'computer misuse' to 'espionage' or even 'treason', with the exciting penalties they draw. I don't think anyone with half a brain wants to go down that road, particularly since the info isn't even that valuable, but the penalties would be the same as TS/SCI information release to an 'enemy government' or similar.