On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 14:42:19 EST, Dude VanWinkle said: > Those arent the smartest offiocials I have heard of. > > Gee, is hacking into government website amd defacing it breaking any laws?
Not knowing the entire details (like the exact jurisdiction, etc), I'll point out that it's *not* that obvious sometimes. For starters, the first statute that comes to mind is the federal 18 USC 1030 (a.k.a. the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986): http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00001030----000-.html Now go and read 18 USC 1030(a) and tell me which one was violated (hint - it wasn't a federal computer, so some sections don't apply. If the damages were under $5,000, others don't apply. And if it isn't used in interstate commerce, other sections don't matter. Are any left?) It's quite likely that any state ordinances have similar issues, making it *not* a slam dunk.
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