FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation

Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation by redthrowaway on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @09:38PM (#2783926)

How exactly does running LOIC constitute "conspiring to intentionally damage protected computers?" Where's the damage? Does standing in front of a vending machine now qualify as vandalism?

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Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation by GHFigs on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @10:58PM (#2784124)

(8) the term “damage” means any impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or information;

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_0...

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Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation by lucasjung on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @10:12PM (#2784007)

IANAL, but I would guess that the actual text of the statute in question extends beyond things that you or I would normally consider "damage." The names given to legal codes are necessarily concise, and therefore sometimes don't fully describe the contents of the code in question.

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