While an employee breached internal corporate policy when he downloaded company documents without permission, he did not violate federal law because he was an authorized user of the computer network, a federal appeals court has ruled. The company had sued the former employee under a law that makes it illegal for unauthorized personnel to access a corporate network.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Commerce Department have asked for feedback on ways to create a “voluntary industry code of conduct” to combat botnets. Read the comments online.
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