{"id":1651,"date":"2003-10-27T22:57:46","date_gmt":"2003-10-28T02:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2003\/10\/27\/trojan-defense-hard-to-break\/"},"modified":"2003-10-27T22:57:46","modified_gmt":"2003-10-28T02:57:46","slug":"trojan-defense-hard-to-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/10\/27\/trojan-defense-hard-to-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Trojan Defense Hard to Break"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Prosecutors looking to throw the book at accused
\n computer hackers have come across a legal defence expected to become
\n even more widespread in an era of hijacked PCs and laptops that threatens
\n to blur the lines of personal responsibility: the computer did it. <\/p>\n

In one case that was being watched as a bellwether by computer security
\n experts, Aaron Caffrey, 19, was acquitted earlier this month by a London
\n court on charges of hacking into the computer system of the Houston Pilots,
\n an independent contractor for the Port of Houston, in September 2001. <\/p>\n

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