IMO - Possession of stolen property knowingly is a crime, and the stolen property was obtained by cracking. Being in possession of the property IMO would be a cracker act.
How was the access restricted corporate information obtained? Was the corp office physically breached? Was the copy/info hardcopy or digital?
IMO maybe a cracker was involved and did break US laws.
Way back in the good old days, before politicians and the news became aware of technical stuff (not technology). Some folks called them criminal hackers "crackers" and used hacker to mean technology "right-stuff." Politicians and most talking-heads could not understand how culture and race of white-crackers learned technical stuff.
Anyway; hackers are not criminals, all crackers are criminals, and politicians or talking heads and most C*Os are RFClueless (intentional).
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IMO - Possession of stolen property knowingly is a crime, and the stolen property was obtained by cracking. Being in possession of the property IMO would be a cracker act.
How was the access restricted corporate information obtained? Was the corp office physically breached? Was the copy/info hardcopy or digital? IMO maybe a cracker was involved and did break US laws.
Way back in the good old days, before politicians and the news became aware of technical stuff (not technology). Some folks called them criminal hackers "crackers" and used hacker to mean technology "right-stuff." Politicians and most talking-heads could not understand how culture and race of white-crackers learned technical stuff. Anyway; hackers are not criminals, all crackers are criminals, and politicians or talking heads and most C*Os are RFClueless (intentional).