Yes, but US seems to like to slap conspiracy charges on people who've done essentially nothing in furtherance of the conspiracy. Maybe it's a crime in the US,

Yes, but US seems to like to slap conspiracy charges on people who've done essentially nothing in furtherance of the conspiracy. Maybe it's a crime in the US, but it's still a ludicrous crime. > If I know Joe's password, and I pass it on to Steve so Steve can log in and steal Joe's secrets and pass them back to me, I am in a conspiracy to commit a crime under the CFAA. This is of course not at all similar to what happened here, a very strange example.