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>> Not really hacking when they gave you the passwords already. That's like me accusing you of breaking into my house after I gave you a key to the lock. If you lend me keys to your house for a specific purpose, am I also legally entitled to rifle through your drawers until I've found your car keys and then have a drive around in that? They used the word "password hacking" in the email, and using a password somebody…
>> but to then boast about the felony they've committed on a corporate blog? You must have missed the part in my original post where I said bragging about it probably isn't the best thing they did. It also means as a hacker, if you fuck with someone's business, be advised, you might end up getting the horns. I think to a degree, it helps put people on notice these guys don't take this stuff lying down and if you comm…
I haven't payed particularly close attention to weev's trial but IIRC, the main points in his defence were that the "hacked" data was actually accessible via the public internet with no real subterfuge or misuse of private information required, and they'd tried to disclose it through appropriate channels. Neither seem to apply here, even if Russian hackers don't particularly deserve the Feds rushing to their aid.