Legal question about hacking into e-mail?

Question

Are there any legal ramifications if a business competitor hacks into your e-mail account and takes proprietary material (i.e. a confidential presentation) and then uses it against you?

Answer 1

There are serious laws regarding business ethics and stealing secrets, information etc.

Answer 2

isn't that stealing, and breaking and entering! lol!

Answer 3

Holy c**p bub ... get a lawyer

Answer 4

They could get arrested. Someone once hacked my email and sent a message to my school threatning that i would blow up the school. I told them it wasnt me and they tracked it down, the person got it trouble.

Answer 5

Hacking is a federal crime

If someone is hacking into your email-report it immediately: there are detectives who can trace it back....

If it's you: Shame on you! It's a federal crime and you can go to jail!

Answer 6

Hacking email is a felony

Answer 7

lol - are you kidding here? Um yes it is blatant theft with all the fringe benefits of being able to sue that company for a number of other things especially if there was any loss of income to the target company or gain of income to the recieving company...

Answer 8

NOT GOOD>>>>>>VERY BAD

Answer 9

Were is the federal laws located against hacking a email account ? Thanks

Answer 10

I've never done anything that interesting that people would want to hack into. What is someone trying to find out how you dudes at Burger King make the Whopper?