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by LamaOfRuin 248 days ago
If Andre doing that was criminal, it seems quite possible that their original takeover of the github organization was also criminal?

I have been waiting to hear if there would be any civil action on it since it's not at all clear they had any rights to do most of what they did.
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tptacek 248 days ago
No, that's not at all clear. Ruby Central owns the AWS account for which Arko is (pretty clearly) being accused of changing the AWS root account password after having his access revoked.

I don't think for a second Arko will be charged, but there isn't a "nuh-uh, you did this gross thing in our open source community" defense for 18 USC 1030.

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LamaOfRuin 248 days ago
I didn't say it was clear, and I never said there was a defense. I implied that the wronged party in one case might want to be careful about raising the specter of liability or criminality.
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