Breaching an AUP a Crime In Western Australia

An anonymous reader writes "A recent court case highlights that breaching an acceptable use policy at work could land you in court in Western Australia: a police officer doing a search of the police database for a friend was fined — not for disclosing confidential police information, but for unlawful use of a 'restricted-access computer system' — cracking. More worryingly for West Australians, this legal blog points out that breaching any Acceptable Use Policy would seem to be enough to land you in jail for cracking — for example, using your internet connection to break copyright."

Comments

Cracking?

[ArchieBunker]

So using a system you already have access to but not following workplace policy is cracking? You sound like one of those people who refuses to have a bank account and then wonders why nobody will hire you.