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"Musk’s #DOGE Goons Surreptitiously Transmitted Reams of White House Data. Musk’s team installed a Starlink Wi-Fi terminal on top of the White House, allowing them to bypass data-tracking security measures."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-doge-goons-surreptitiously-transmitted-reams-of-white-house-data/

PS: This looks like it violates a handful of serious federal laws. But will the Trump #DOJ prosecute? Even investigate? Trump could pardon all the DOGE players or simply direct their nonprosecution. Or if the Trump-Musk spat continues, he could press for max penalties under law. If he doesn't, could it be that there's evidence of his own approval or involvement? What data was transmitted and who has copies now?

#Espionage #CFAA #Musk #Trump #Theft #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

is anyone at @fsf / @fsfe / @conservancy looking into using the #cfaa against #ai #scrapers ?

In A Monday Night Declaration, The White House Admits #Musk And #DOGE Violated The #CFAA (Although They Might Not Realize It) - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/18/in-a-monday-night-declaration-the-white-house-admits-musk-and-doge-violated-the-cfaa-although-they-might-not-realize-it/

When It’s Not Just A Coup But A CFAA Violation Too
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/when-its-not-just-a-coup-but-a-cfaa-violation-too/

"Elon Musk, and everyone on his DOGE team accessing the federal government’s computer infrastructure, is potentially personally liable for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Musk #Politics #Law #CFAA #Tech #Technology #Government #Trump #Treasury #OPM #GSA #US #USA #News

Headline and text from article:

Headline: When It’s Not Just A Coup But A CFAA Violation Too

Legal Issues
from the tic-tac-DOGE dept
Tue, Feb 4th 2025 12:02pm - Cathy Gellis

Text: The hazard with landing upon a legal solution that seems too good to be true is that it often is. So as you read this post it is important to keep in mind that I may have overlooked something, and there can always be defenses. Few things are guaranteed in law, and even in the best of times it is always subject to taking some unexpected twists and turns as it is applied to real life situations.

All that said, however, I think a colorable, non-frivolous argument can be made that Elon Musk, and everyone on his DOGE team accessing the federal government’s computer infrastructure, is potentially personally liable for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

What follows is a high-level overview explaining how what Musk and his team are doing qualifies as a violation of the statute, and what the consequence of this violation should be. The argument largely rests on the fact that the access DOGE has demanded for itself is unauthorized because, per statute, there was no lawful power anyone in DOGE could claim for itself, or themselves, with which to demand it. Congress has control over whom the President can empower, yet here he has unilaterally and unlawfully empowered people outside of what the law Congress duly passed allows him to do. Which means there is no power that those he ...

Update. Cathy Gellis (@cathygellis) supports my hunch that the Muskovite action violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (#CFAA).
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/when-its-not-just-a-coup-but-a-cfaa-violation-too/

#Crime #Musk #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

If I were tabulating all U.S. data breaches, I'd really be tempted to include what Musk's team did at Treasury as a data breach. But would you code it as insider-wrongdoing or an external hack?

And if it is a breach, doesn't #CFAA make tampering with code a federal offense?

But of course, everything they did was authorized by Trump, so it's not a breach at all, right?

I only hope that there's a good backup somewhere so if a court overturns what Musk's team did, Treasury can restore from backup.

#doge #Treasury #databreach

When It’s Not Just A #Coup But A #CFAA Violation Too - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/when-its-not-just-a-coup-but-a-cfaa-violation-too/ interesting... #musk #trump

To prevent your bar from turnijng into a Nazi bar, you have to kick them out immediately and prevent return.

Every US Government institution needs to think the same way. Do not let the Elmo goons in the building. If they resist, have them arrested for trespassing.

They are not authorized staff, so tell them to leave.

Then, each separate institution should file a lawsuit.

Because DOGE ie violating CFAA.

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/when-its-not-just-a-coup-but-a-cfaa-violation-too/

#CFAA

"Exclusive: #Musk aides lock Office of Personnel Management workers out of computer systems"
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/

This looks like a #crime, for example under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (#CFAA). If it would be a wrong when done by a rogue govt employee, why not worse when done by an outside agitator? Or are these questions pointless if the prosecutor would have to be federal and if #Trump has the #pardon power?

#USPol #USPolitics

AO3/Squidgeworld/CFAA authors, Have you ever written a fic for a noncanon tag in hopes that it would become canon?

@fanfiction

#fanfiction #ao3tags #FanfictionTags #Ao3 #ArchiveOfOurOwn #Squidgeworld #SquidgeworldArchive #cfaa #cfaaArchive #AdAstra

A women’s gynecological clinic in Attleboro (Four Women Health Services) is suing a neighboring crisis pregnancy center (Attleboro Women’s Health Center), accusing it of hacking its confidential online portal and misleading patients to prevent abortion.

Rapid7 provided an affidavit about how the hack/interception of data may have occurred involving their third-party web-based platforms for messaging and appointment requests.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/09/10/attleboro-crisis-pregnancy-center-stole-data-tricked-patients-lawsuit-alleges/

This is a civil suit, but If they can prove the hacking, will any of the anti-abortion health center folks go to prison for hacking and interference with healthcare?

#hacking #healthsec #CFAA

Oooo this is cool! A fanfic archive specifically "for fanworks based around comic books or comic-adjacent animation"!

https://blorbo.social/@creaturefeature/112870171677270330

@fanfiction #FanFiction #Fanfic #Comics #Fandom #ComicFanfictionAuthorsArchive #CFAA #AO3

Attaque #DDoS : l'opération #PowerOFF performe encore.

Les attaques DDoS sont légion. Elles perturbent, stoppent un service sur une durée donnée. Elles peuvent permettre d'autres cyberattaques.

Le 17 avril 2024, une opération PowerOFF eut lieu quasiment au même moment que PhishOFF. La lutte contre la plateforme de phishing Labhost conduisait à l'arrestation de 37 suspects.

Le volet de juillet 2024 (PowerOFF) clôt le site www[.]digitalstress|.]su. « Il s'agit d'un ancien domaine de l'Union soviétique que de nombreux services criminels utilisent dans la conviction qu'il constitue un obstacle pour les forces de l'ordre de mener des enquêtes efficaces », a déclaré la NCA. Personne n'est donc à l'abri.

https://librexpression.fr/digitalstress-ferme-par-la-nca

(Crédits : andreas160578/pixabay)

#attacks #botnet #cfaa #cloudflare #cyberattacks #DataBreach #DDoS #Europe #Hub #informatique #Librexpression #Poweroff #ransomware #splashpage #Spoofing #USA

While 1) banning the resale of legally purchased tickets should be illegal and 2) TIcketmaster totally deserves this, I wonder if anyone told them that every time the barcode changes it’s a separate felony charge under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?

By reverse-engineering how Ticketmaster and AXS actually make their electronic tickets, scalpers have essentially figured out how to regenerate specific, genuine tickets that they have legally purchased from scratch onto infrastructure that they control. In doing so, they are removing the anti-scalping restrictions put on the tickets by Ticketmaster and AXS.
https://www.404media.co/scalpers-are-working-with-hackers-to-liberate-non-transferable-tickets-from-ticketmasters-ecosystem

https://complainthub.com/2024/07/08/1341/

#CFAA #scalpers

A recent federal court ruling in California provides guidance on when cease-and-desist letters can be used to revoke access to public websites. Read about the implications of this decision in our latest blog post by Ahmed Eissa and Stacey Brandenburg. #CFAA #DataPrivacy #InternetSecurity   https://www.zwillgen.com/alternative-data/cease-desist-letter-insufficient-revoke-authorization-cfaa-claim/

Wow. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act(#CFAA) just entered the chat. Lock them up. Lock them ALL up.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/?fbclid=IwAR0g5UIFs7L5lQ_BQpyEqpubwoULAzcf4GRiMLF2Eg1-hgIvOBIKIrRskaI_aem_Ac9DF5OeQpFKmFnJEia3Y9lL0-QzArcuh5aAwaNXazb4irUScf7U39P5hxc27sXWR5c

🎙️ ✨ A new episode has been published on @ITSPmagazine

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Episode: Security, Laws, and Vulnerabilities: Unpacking the Disclosure Process to Understand the Intersection of CFAA, DMCA, and Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure

Guests: Katie Noble and Harley Geiger

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#cybersecurity #vulnerability_management #CFAA #DMCA, #Vulnerability_Disclosure #podcast

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