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Ethics, law collide in questions over spotlighting Ashley Madison leak

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"“Some people will say, `Well, they broke the law, they hacked into this private company’s computers and stole data.’ Yeah, that’s true. But from the other side, you have to say, were they doing this for a public service?” said Richard Forno, a cybersecurity professor at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. “Depending on who you talk to, you’ll get two wildly different opinions on the issue.”"

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