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

[Alex Comninos]

Fascinating Barrack, 

Thanks for sharing.

It reminds me of a funny flash video from 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXCqFh4XwJ8 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXCqFh4XwJ8>

Apologies for the lols, it just gave me a nostalgic chuckle. It is a very interesting jurisdictional issue. 

Regards, 
Alex

> On 26 Aug 2019, at 09:38, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> Learned Listers,
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> Interesting quagmire, interested in local perspectives.
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> Regards
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> From: Richard Bennett via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org <mailto: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 <mailto:internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>>
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> 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.
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> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/nasa-astronaut-anne-mcclain.html <https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/nasa-astronaut-anne-mcclain.html>
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> "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.
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> "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.
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> "“I was pretty appalled that she would go that far. I knew it was not O.K.,” Ms. Worden said.”
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> Opinions?
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> RB
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