Computer Hackers Hounded by Outdated Law
From the Blog paknews [image: AaronSwartz]Even though technology continues to rapidly advance, our nation's legislation remains firmly rooted in a three decade old mindset. This dichotomy has already had disastrous results for the nation's IT security infrastructure. Over the past few years, federal prosecutors have used these antiquated laws to pursue hackers. Most recently, Aaron Swartz, a co-founder of the popular site Reddit, committed suicide after being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department. Swartz's Crime What is known about the case is that Aaron Swartz did break the law. He stole 4.8 million documents from the academic library JSTOR by illegally hacking into the service. After his subsequent arrest, Swartz gave prosecutors the hard drives upon which the academic documents were storedpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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