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Re:DOJ: Hackers broke into an SEC database and made millions... by wildmusings on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:56PM (#18925107)
>Wrong. It's insider trading if you have material, nonpublic information. It doesn't matter how you got that information.

You are totally mistaken as far as the law in the United States. I can’t speak for other jurisdictions.

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Re:DOJ: Hackers broke into an SEC database and made millions... by rrdharan on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:58PM (#18925133)
As I posted above, the poster is not mistaken.
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Re:DOJ: Hackers broke into an SEC database and made millions... by wildmusings on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:38PM (#18925583)
I think you've misread the thread.
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