Several cases under the CFAA have involved former or current employees. Take, for
example, the case of an employee of Muvico (which operates movie theaters) who got
laid off from his position (as director of information technology) in February 2006. In
May of that same year, Muvico??™s online ticket-ordering system crashed costing the company
an estimated $100,000. A few months later, after an investigation, the government
seized, from the former employee, a wireless access device that was used to disable the
electronic payment system that handled the online ticket purchases for all of the Muvico
theaters. Authorities believe that the former employee literally hid in the bushes outside
the company??™s headquarters building while implementing the attack. He was indicted
on charges under the CFAA for this crime.
In another example, a 2002 case was brought in Pennsylvania involving a former
employee who took out his frustration on his previous employer. According to the Justice
Department press release, the cracker was forced out of his job with retailer American
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Eagle Outfitters and had become angry and depressed. The cracker??™s first actions were to
post usernames and passwords on Yahoo hacker boards.
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