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Re:Lessons from France's first cyber-attack, nearly two cent... by shallot_router on Thursday October 05, 2017 @06:21PM (#15413005)
This seems more like a "hack" in the general tech sense than the security sense (even though it's probably technically illegal). I even think it'd be something YC would love to see on an application.
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Re:Lessons from France's first cyber-attack, nearly two cent... by mannykannot on Thursday October 05, 2017 @09:20PM (#15413795)
The bribing of government employees might not have been a crime then, but it is now. On the other hand, confidential contributions to help get politicians elected is back with us...
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Re:Lessons from France's first cyber-attack, nearly two cent... by eric_h on Thursday October 05, 2017 @06:31PM (#15413059)
> (even though it's probably technically illegal)

The article mentions that they weren't convicted for their hack because it wasn't technically illegal.

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