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Sadly this would be an excellent application for the CFAA except that they agencies involved are immune from its prosecution.



Maybe so, but ...

> Additionally, the spy agency targeted unnamed cellular companies’ core networks, giving it access to “sales staff machines for customer information ...

So these corporations had customers' personal data stolen. I believe they're obligated to inform those customers, and possibly other obligations. (No direct knowledge, just spouting off what I've read during the Target and Home Depot breaches.)




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