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I agree a DDoS is not hacking, and I quickly looked and didn't see the terms hack or hacking in any of the articles(I could be wrong though as I only looked for
by binarymax 15y ago
I agree a DDoS is not hacking, and I quickly looked and didn't see the terms hack or hacking in any of the articles(I could be wrong though as I only looked for a minute).
In any case I think this probably boils down to intent. If the intent was to take down the server, it's CFAA, if the intent is a non destructive protest then it's not.
- PatrickTulskie 15y agoMore to the point, the company everyone was emailing had a limit on the number of emails in a given inbox. The IT department for the company could have temporarily raised that limit or done other things to prevent disruption in service. So basically, if you send emails to a company that is incapable of managing their email servers, you will be found guilty of hacking.