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This isn't solely about an information leak, though -- it's about willful destruction of property (i.e. all the victim's data getting vaped).
by cstross 14y ago
This isn't solely about an information leak, though -- it's about willful destruction of property (i.e. all the victim's data getting vaped).
- pyre 14y agoUsually the FBI is the agency that you go to with this stuff, and they usually don't help unless you can claim X hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses. Basically, they only care about rich people and corporations. Hackers are given a blank cheque so long as they only do small amounts of financially quantifiable damage.
- sedev 14y agoAs with so many other things in the United States, it is de facto only a crime if it happens to someone rich or well-connected. Mr. Honan is probably on the bubble, there. If it happened to me, a no-namer with skimpy assets, the thought of the FBI getting involved would be a punchline.