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SAMPUBLIUS
But be sure to read the whole article !!
I agree, it does repay reading.
"Based on the investigation described above [principally an interview with Roberts and his Twitter claims], probable cause exists to believe that inside the Devices(s) described in Attachment A [iPad, MacBook, various hard drives and thumb drives, etc] will be found evidence, fruits and instrumentalities of a violation of Title 18, United States Code sections 1030(a)(2), 1030(a)(5)."
The relevant USC sections:
"1030(a)(2) Whoever intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains—
(A) information contained in a financial record of a financial institution, or of a card issuer as defined in section 1602 (n) [1] of title 15, or contained in a file of a consumer reporting agency on a consumer, as such terms are defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.);
(B) information from any department or agency of the United States; or
(C) information from any protected computer;
1030(a)(5) Whoever-
(A) knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer;
(B) intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization, and as a result of such conduct, recklessly causes damage; or
(C) intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization, and as a result of such conduct, causes damage and loss.
shall be punished as provided in subsection (c) of this section."