Exceeded authorized access commonly refers to privilege escalation, which means access to a resource beyond his/her level of granted permission, whether by modi

Exceeded authorized access commonly refers to privilege escalation, which means access to a resource beyond his/her level of granted permission, whether by modification of technical controls, social engineering, or physical access. That is not what happened here. The access to the resource occurred exactly in accordance with the access controls and authority granted, but the motivation and intention were in clear ethical violation. Judge Barret said exactly this in her opinion.