An attempted password crack was enough for a U.S. indictment against Julian Assange
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From Cyberscoop:
Assange’s acknowledgement that he tried to crack the password, thus participating in illegal activity, is enough to charge him with a CFAA violation for which he could face five years in prison, according to Paul Rosenzweig, a senior fellow at R Street consulting and a law professor at Georgetown University.
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