Prosecutors allege Micfo obtained 800k IPv4 addresses illegally

Re:Prosecutors allege Micfo obtained 800k IPv4 addresses ill... by smnrchrds on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @09:53PM (#22362682)

So if I sign up for a service with different email addresses to use the 2-week free trial over and over, I will be guilty of wire fraud?

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Re:Prosecutors allege Micfo obtained 800k IPv4 addresses ill... by jfim on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:01AM (#22363159)

Yes. For example, someone signed up for 58,000 accounts and used them to receive micro deposits (those small sums that are deposited into an account to validate that two accounts are linked correctly). They had their time in court: https://www.wired.com/2008/05/man-allegedly-b/

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Re:Prosecutors allege Micfo obtained 800k IPv4 addresses ill... by zbentley on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @08:20AM (#22365157)

Intent matters. Scale of abuse matters qualitatively.

The legal system does not operate like a computer program.

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Re:Prosecutors allege Micfo obtained 800k IPv4 addresses ill... by dlgeek on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @10:29PM (#22362827)

Yes, and they'd probably throw a CFAA violation in there too.

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Re:Prosecutors allege Micfo obtained 800k IPv4 addresses ill... by smnrchrds on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:22AM (#22363224)

Wow! I shouldn't be surprised, yet I am, that three felonies a day was right.

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Re:Prosecutors allege Micfo obtained 800k IPv4 addresses ill... by 3xblah on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:54PM (#22368738)

s/will be guilty of/could be charged with/

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