re: ESPN Article - Tunsil camp investigates fired "financial advisor" for hack

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If Tunsil gave him an unsecured phone with social media apps that didn't require a password (or shared the password with him), the runner isn't looking at any legal trouble at all.

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yes he would. it would still be unauthorized access regardless if the passwords were preloaded on the phone. I was wrong, in MS it's a misdemeanor. When I practiced in GA, it was a felony. However, if Tunsil can prove damages of more than $100 (he could), it becomes a felony

Title 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 45 - COMPUTER CRIMES AND IDENTITY THEFT
§ 97-45-5 - Offense against computer users; penalties


Universal Citation: MS Code § 97-45-5 (2013)
(1) An offense against computer users is the intentional:

(a) Denial to an authorized user, without consent, of the full and effective use of or access to a computer, a computer system, a computer network or computer services; or

(b) Use or disclosure to another, without consent, of the numbers, codes, passwords or other means of access to a computer, a computer system, a computer network or computer services.

(2) Whoever commits an offense against computer users shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($ 1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. However, when the damage or loss amounts to a value of One Hundred Dollars ($ 100.00) or more, the offender may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($ 10,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.