[kictanet] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Internet-enabled space crime

[Barrack Otieno]

Learned Listers,

Interesting quagmire, interested in local perspectives.

Regards

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From: Richard Bennett via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>
Date: Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 5:48 AM
Subject: [Internet Policy] Internet-enabled space crime
To: ISOC Policy <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>


An astronaut unlawfully accessed her wife’s bank accounts from the
International Space Station. The couple are going through a bitter divorce,
custody battle, etc. This is apparently the first crime to be committed in
space, so the jurisdiction issues are somewhat interesting as they are with
all Internet-enabled crimes. Presumably US law applies since the bank is
located in the US, but I don’t really know.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/nasa-astronaut-anne-mcclain.html

"Ms. McClain acknowledged that she had accessed the bank account from
space, insisting through a lawyer that she was merely shepherding the
couple’s still-intertwined finances. Ms. Worden felt differently. She filed
a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and her family lodged one
with NASA’s Office of Inspector General, accusing Ms. McClain of identity
theft and improper access to Ms. Worden’s private financial records.

"Investigators from the inspector general’s office have since contacted Ms.
Worden and Ms. McClain, trying to get to the bottom of what may be the
first allegation of criminal wrongdoing in space.

"“I was pretty appalled that she would go that far. I knew it was
not O.K.,” Ms. Worden said.”

Opinions?

RB
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Richard Bennett
High Tech Forum Founder
Ethernet & Wi-Fi standards co-creator

Internet Policy Consultant

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