While I agree with your assessment, it was not just "unauthorized", it was straight up corruption. Making an agreement to accept a $5000 cash payment from some sketchy dude to look up a third party's accessible-to-law-enforcement only details. The guy should have been prosecuted under various existing corruption statutes and not the CFAA.
While I agree with your assessment, it was not just "unauthorized", it was straight up corruption. Making an agreement to accept a $5000 cash payment from some sketchy dude to look up a third party's accessible-to-law-enforcement only details. The guy should have been prosecuted under various existing corruption statutes and not the CFAA.