Re:LockBit says it's leaked 50GB of stolen Boeing files afte...
by bertil on Saturday November 11, 2023 @04:57PM
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Presumably no privacy issues.
That data is copyrighted, so Boeing could go after you for that, using anti-movie-piracy laws that are quite draconian in the US: copying itself is bad but hard to prove; making it available is definitely worse.
Trade secret tends to extend more broadly, including soliciting, and corporate espionage carries real penalty including conspiracy, so I would avoid it.
Where I’m less clear is if that data would be protected under anti-terrorism laws: now that I’ve been thinking about it, such documents could help someone plan a terrorist attack by, say, planning a watering hole or supply-chain attack. In that case, the law gets far more open-minded for the prosecution, letting them try anything to prove their case, and the consequences go as far as extra-territorial non-US-jurisdiction legal nightmares. I’d stay away from it, but IANAL.
That data is copyrighted, so Boeing could go after you for that, using anti-movie-piracy laws that are quite draconian in the US: copying itself is bad but hard to prove; making it available is definitely worse.
Trade secret tends to extend more broadly, including soliciting, and corporate espionage carries real penalty including conspiracy, so I would avoid it.
Where I’m less clear is if that data would be protected under anti-terrorism laws: now that I’ve been thinking about it, such documents could help someone plan a terrorist attack by, say, planning a watering hole or supply-chain attack. In that case, the law gets far more open-minded for the prosecution, letting them try anything to prove their case, and the consequences go as far as extra-territorial non-US-jurisdiction legal nightmares. I’d stay away from it, but IANAL.