https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn makes it clear scraping publicly available data is generally not a CFAA violation. Certainly it would have to be a civil matter, but I doubt it would work (ianal)
We did get $7k out of one of the AI companies based on the massive bandwidth costs they caused us.
wow GOOD JOB!!! Were they relatively decent about it, is that why? I feel like normal businesses that are not super shady should be able to accept this kind of conversation and deal with the mistake and issue they causes for you.
Good job perusing it tho, that's fantastic. (ps, big fan of your product, great work on that too!)