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by gizmo686 1492 days ago
What specific law was broken? In the US, generic "hacks" generally fall under the computer fraud and abuse act, which is notoriously vague about what qualifues as "authorized". Perhaps some other lawvis applicable. But I cannot think of any that are obviously on point. Nor can I think of a clear precedent that clarifies the issue.
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> What specific law was broken?

Market manipulation, fraud.

Market manipulation might work, but since it was all inside of a flash loan that's harder to argue.

I'm skeptical that any fraud happened here.