On January 8, a former baseball executive pled guilty to two
counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer in violation
of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") (18 U.S.C.
§ 1030). The executive admitted to using his knowledge of a
former coworker's password to gain access to the former
coworker's new email account and proprietary database account
at the coworker's new baseball team.
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