On December 24, 2014, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury conviction of a defendant for 12 felony violations of the CFAA for accessing his former employer's computer server without authorization. The defendant had joined a competing firm and was using his former login credentials to obtain information relating to contract bids in order to obtain a competitive advantage for his new firm.
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