>Just to side-track this thread a little - I just received a call from
>someone in California, who said that one of our local dialup Internet
>customers was hacking his system! We determined who the customer was, but
>the problem is, what should our next step be? There are no local laws
>regarding hacking. Simply disabling the dialup account might open ourselves
>up to a lawsuit from the customer, particularly as we are the only providers
>of Internet service on the island (Grenada, West Indies).
>
>Any lawyers on the list?
>
Handle it under 'terms of agreement'. You 'do' have a terms of agreement
which customers sign (or in some other contractual sense) and agree to abide
by don't you? It has attempting to break into, subvert security, send
SPAM, or detect vulnerabilites at other sites doesn't it?
Most big ISPs do and use that to immediately terminate such accounts.
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