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Twitter Worker Who Disabled Trump Account Likely Violated Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Says Lawyer

By CircleID Reporter
  • November 05, 2017, 7:41 pm PST
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A prominent attorney for cybersecurity issues says the unnamed Twitter worker who deactivated President Trump’s Twitter account not to say anything and get a lawyer. Joe Uchill reporting in The Hill: “[W]hile the facts of the case are still unclear and the primary law used to prosecute hackers is murky and unevenly applied, there is a reasonable chance the Twitter worker violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. ... The employee could be in a lot of trouble. This was not just unauthorized access, but damage ... noting that causing $5,000 worth of damage could carry a 10-year prison sentence. With the amount of traffic Trump’s tweets garner for Twitter’s business, that could be fairly easy to prove.”

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