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Courts Address When an Alleged Employee Hacking Is a Crime

Results have been mixed for employees accused of hacking into the databases of their own companies, competitors and potential business partners. This article discusses three recent cases in this area of law.

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On July 18, 2016, Christopher Correa, the former director of the St. Louis Cardinals, pled guilty to five counts of “unauthorized access of a protected computer” in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA, 18 U.S.C. ‘ 1030 et seq.) (http://bit.ly/Jz0c3n). Correa was found guilty of hacking into the Houston Astros’ internal database by using credentials of former Cardinals employees that now worked for the Astros. His pending prison sentence is nearly four years.

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