New Justice Department guidelines promise not to prosecute security researchers under anti-hacking laws

The US Department of Justice (DoJ or Justice Department) issued a press release Thursday clarifying the crimes falling under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The law was passed in 1984 and updated in 1986. However, the language of the legislation is so broad that people doing security research...





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