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Network World |
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2017-03-15 09:29:00 (vue: 2017-03-15 09:29:00) |
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Appeals court rules Americans have no legal recourse if hacked by foreign governments |
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Put aside the matter of Russian interference in our presidential election to instead consider this scenario: If Vladimir Putin ordered his government-employed hackers to plant spyware on your personal computer – stealing all your data and even recording your Skype calls – you would have no access to any legal remedy in the U.S. court system.
Preposterous, you say?
That's the law, according to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which yesterday upheld a lower court decision denying even a day in court to an American citizen who moved here from Ethiopia 30 years ago and was victimized by that country's government in the exact fashion described above.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here |
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