DOJ official draws line between cyber crime, legitimate research
From: Federal Times
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In order to avoid getting into trouble when investigators do come knocking, Bailey laid out a set of suggestions, including what kind of low-level activities are definitely permitted and how to ensure you don’t get indicted for bigger projects.
“If you’re pinging a network that is not illegal conduct,” he said. “If you’re port scanning, it’s not a problem unless you’re doing it at a level that is likely to result in a denial of service attack.”
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