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Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question?
From: dbrumley () RTFM STANFORD EDU (David Brumley)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:11:26 -0800
Read: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/1030.html for the actual statute. After that it's a matter of being a priority for the FBI (I'm sure they are overworked and have to take cases they think have a reasonable chance of success). -david. On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Robert G. Ferrell wrote:
I keep reading various news articles that indicate that federal law currently states that the FBI is not allowed to investigate if they believe that the damage is under 5,000 dollars per computerIt really isn't a matter of not being "allowed" to investigate; it's more that they have great difficulty getting the US Attorney's Office to prosecute cases where significant monetary damage isn't demonstrated. You see, once a year they have to justify their budget requests to Congress. Congress likes to see hard figures. They don't appropriate money for investigating "loss of trust" in a company due to an intrusion. I've seen signs that this attitude may be changing, but it's a very slooooow process. RGF Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP Information Security Officer National Business Center, US DoI Robert_G_Ferrell () nbc gov ------------------------------------------------------------ Nothing I have ever said should be construed as even vaguely representing an official statement by the NBC or DoI. ------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question?, (continued)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? Lison, Nathan (Mar 03)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? Chuck Phillips (Mar 04)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? Hal Lockhart (Mar 15)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? Bob (Mar 15)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? CL: Nelson, Jeff (Mar 15)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? Jon Lewis (Mar 16)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? Michael Stone (Mar 17)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? Robert G. Ferrell (Mar 15)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? Eric the Fruitbat (Mar 17)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? David Pick (Mar 20)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? David Brumley (Mar 17)
- Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question? Eric the Fruitbat (Mar 17)