Fw: [ISN] FBI "hack" raises global security concerns

[Ben Clifford]

> > "I wouldn't call it hacking," said Stephen Schroeder, assistant U.S.
> > attorney for the Western District of Washington in Seattle and the
> > lead prosecutor in the case against Gorshkov. "The implications of
> > hacking go far beyond what we did."

The age-old defence of 15 year old hackers everywhere :-)

Could this lead to a situation where, for example, police agent of country
A performs a without-warrant search on computer in country B, then six
months later happens to go on holiday to country B where he is promptly
arrested under country B's Computer Misuse Act equivalent.

A little bit like the Garda arresting UK soldiers who cross into Ireland
whilst carrying guns.

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