CFAA liability for accessing a former employer's servers

Say you had an employer who gave you various computer or account access credentials. Then you leave. But you continue accessing the accounts with those credentials.

Better be careful. Because a recent Northern District of California decision says that's enough to state a claim under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

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Want to bring a computer fraud claim? You're gonna need to allege that the person actually accessed your computers. (Duh.)

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