The Department of Justice changed federal anti-hacking statute prosecution Computer Fraud and Abuse Act policy. Revision reflects evolving views of statute in light of technology, business developments since 2014 change. Address narrow CFAA interpretation outside hacking.
The Department of Justice announced no Computer Fraud and Abuse Act charges for good-faith hackers who expose computer system weaknesses. CFAA meant for cybersecurity, evolving landscape has courts, commentators troubled by potentially too broad CFAA applications.
The U.S. Department of State offers $10 million reward for information on six Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation GRU officers conspiring to attack U.S. infrastructure with malware causing nearly $1 billion loss.
On remand from Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit affirmed lower court’s order enjoining LinkedIn Corp. from blocking data analytics company hiQ Labs, Inc access to publicly available LinkedIn member profiles. hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp., No. 17-16783 9th Circuit.