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Sharing Passwords May Be A Crime, Court Rules

  • The Hill, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 4:46 PM

A new appellate ruling could make it easier to charge people who share passwords with hacking. The ruling, issued by a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, upheld David Nosal's conviction for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by gaining access to his former employer's computer by using someone else's password.

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