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Cool so I want to hack a company and face no jail: create my own company, employ myself and do the hack. My company gets fined $X million, which it doesn't hav
by jackric 6y ago
Cool so I want to hack a company and face no jail: create my own company, employ myself and do the hack.
My company gets fined $X million, which it doesn't have so it folds. I skip off into the sunset
- lotsofpulp 6y agoIf only. It requires a bit more finesse and money than that. Ticketmaster had the resources to throw at the right people to influence outcomes. If you don’t, then you will not have the same outcome as there is a lot of subjectiveness in the system.
- gruez 6y ago> Cool so I want to hack a company and face no jail: create my own company, employ myself and do the hack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piercing_the_corporate_veil#Factors_for_courts_to_consider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piercing_the_corporate_veil#Fa... You're going to have to be very careful to avoid that, and even then, you might still be personally liable, see my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25593629 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25593629
- ozim 6y agoI think downside of this plan is that you have to have billions of dollars first and a pack of lawyers to pull it off.
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