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Feds Admit Error In McDanel Security Case

Posted by simoniker on from the not-quite-on-the-money dept.

prostoalex writes "US federal prosecutors have admitted that an error was made in prosecuting Bret McDanel under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. McDanel discovered a security vulnerability on his former employer's server, and seeing that little efforts were put into repairing it, sent out e-mails to the customers of Tornado Development Inc. After the prosecution revised the court materials, they admitted there was no proof that McDanel intended to impair the system's integrity."

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  1. Cold comfort by Jonathunder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Little consolation, after serving 16 months in prison, to be told that the prosecution was a mistake.

    But this is a country which has hundreds of people locked up, with currently no prospect of seeing their day in court, or even a lawyer.