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Intellectual Property

Apr. 5, 2000

Zombie Computer

FORUM Recent hacker attacks may have given rise to a new form of legal liability. Page 6. By Peter Whalen and Nicole Goodwin While the Internet world continues to lick its wounds from the recent barrage of hacker attacks, some commentators are suggesting that the attacks may have given rise to a new form of legal liability. This so-called "zombie computer liability" would result from a denial-of-service attack wherein hackers gain access to systems by hijacking them from unsuspecting third

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