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Our local public library put its card catalog online accessible by direct dial. It ran on a microVAX. I'm on it one day and somebody picked up the phone while
by bungie4 9y ago
Our local public library put its card catalog online accessible by direct dial. It ran on a microVAX. I'm on it one day and somebody picked up the phone while i was connected. A burst of high bit characters found me looking at the root prompt.
Being a good guy I printed out some stuff as proof and brought it in to him. :D It was a simple fix but man he just about crapped himself when told he was hacked!
- bitwize 9y agoIn other words you confessed to a felony under the CFAA. Hope this was before 1986!
- HNmanach 9y agoHe didn't access it intentionally, and as broad as "protected computer" is, it's hard to say that a public library computer has a role in interstate commerce. I think he's fine. (a)(2) is the relevant clause, I think: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030
- justinjlynn 9y ago> or exceeds authorized access that is broad enough to cover this case, if intentionally only applies to access. I am not familiar with case law in this regard -- tread carefully. I am not a lawyer. Even if I was, I would certainly not be _your_ lawyer. ref: https://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/criminal/articles/summer2013-1013-glitches-within-cfaas-exceeds-authorized-access-language.html https://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/criminal/...