I'd curious to find out why NJ AG would get so paranoid about this? I couldnt really find a link to their side of the story.
The Natinal Science Foundation did discipline a researcher who did some mining on their computers.
The Natinal Science Foundation did discipline a researcher who did some mining on their computers.
Their concerns aren't completely unfounded in that it is granted it is quite possible to use any piece of code for ill. However, their complete failure to understand that this wasn't a case of "hijacking" computers by black hackers, but a potentially innovative business revenue generating project says to me that the cyber unit of the state department has no understanding whatever of programming. If that is the case, these 19 year olds should be awarded damages so that this reckless behaviour can be discouraged.