CFAA
It’s Not the Computer, Stupid. It’s the Information in It. Two Recent Indictments Stretch the Limits of “Theft” of Information.
Mark Rasch | | CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, data privacy law, information conversion, legal theory, non-rivalrous property, property fraud, SPLC indictment, Supreme Court jurisprudence, Van Dyke indictment
The legal system persists in framing "computer crime" through the archaic lens of tangible property—theft and conversion—despite the fact that information is non-rivalrous and easily duplicated without depriving the original owner of ...
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Sue The Hackers – Google Sues Over Phishing as a Service
Mark Rasch | | CFAA, civil cyber litigation, cyber defense strategy, cybercrime infrastructure, cybersecurity law, domain seizures, hacking lawsuits, Meta legal actions, Microsoft botnets, Phishing as a Service, private right of action, RICO
Google’s Lighthouse lawsuit signals a new era in cybersecurity, where companies use civil litigation—including the CFAA, Lanham Act, and RICO—to dismantle phishing networks, seize malicious infrastructure, and fight hackers when criminal prosecution ...
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