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by kindly 5693 days ago
>This is the very definition of "accessing a computer system without authorization", which you do not want to be caught doing.

I realised this after the fact. I do not know if there is anything I can do to make amends for this.

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Not really. Under the Computer Misuse Act you're effectively breaking the law. However there may be a potential defence that you were responding to a query and that your actions would be reasonable. That's a problem to worry about if you were ever to go to court though.