Comment Re:Hacker? (Score 3, Informative) 62
The US government considers it so, and prosecutes for it.
"A hacker charged with federal crimes for obtaining the personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T’s publicly accessible website was sentenced on Monday to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release."
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