Zaza
2010-02-10 03:54:38
Just a tiny correction: buying the stolen data is not a crime according to § 259 of the criminal code because that law only rules theft of goods, i.E. things you can touch, not data.
Still, any private citizen or company would have to pay a hefty fine for doing such an thing, could be sued in civil courts and would not be permitted to use that data. When the governement of a state knowingly and publicly breaks its own law we are in trouble.
